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 B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Distal & part apex missing, complete body Alteration: Weathered Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Looped lines and petaloid motifs Residue: Black mold-like stains, crusty calcareous deposits outer Comments: 2 lg body frags 448879 joined w/1 lg frag 448880. Apical frag 448880 refits but is not joined, 2 matching smaller frags 448880 + 1 small unnumbered frag which must have come from a broken join are with this shell but not adhered to it. Joan Gardner made notes designating some piece 448879A - but I think that refers to pieces joined to 448806 - a different shell entirely (Phillips & Brown pl 260, Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma). Scrolls have 3 arms w/ curls at either end. They go in 4 directions and cross in the middle (Joan Gardner, conservator).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Sep 2022
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
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: A448879-1
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 703.3 g
label: Length - Object
content: ca. 28 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 19 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 11 cm