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: Braden B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: 2 refitted distal fragments, 1 body fragment Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Well controlled curves, distal hole. Drill-started circles. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Fish, bird claw Residue: Yellow brown on 2 frags. Distal fragment is very fresh looking. Use Trace: Heavily scoured inner Comments: 2 Distal frags 448875, small frag 448880. Body fragment is not shown in Phillips & Brown 1978, Pl. 90 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols I-III), but could easily be from same vessel, has similar fish-like animal. Design "D" by Joan Gardner, conservator, (2 pieces are indicated as being D but none as C).
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448875-2
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 164.5 g
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 19 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 8.7 cm
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.45 cm