Engraved Conch Shell Dipper Frag.
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Dec 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Richard K. Meyer
label: Donor Name
content: Richard K. Meyer
label: Site Name
content: Craig Mound
notes: label: Notes
content: Style: Craig C Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Body fragment w/ shoulder Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Obliterated. Design: Dancing scene. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Beaded forelock, raccoon face, mace, beads at neck, mouth tattoo; Bird head. Residue: Chalking. Joan Gardner, conservator in '74, notes fabric impression on inside, but I don't see it (April K. Sievert) '92. Use Trace: Obliterated. Comments: Woodpecker at waist. Disembodied head on outside of a semicircle (trophy?) Long-beaked bird head looking out right from waist of dancer. At least 2 full figure human w/ one head and the odd raccoon.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Oct 2015
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Spiro, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Prehistoric
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448824-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 24.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 19.8 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 11.8 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 519.1 g