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 A Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Distal fragments Manufacturing Notes: Fine workmanship Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: 1=concentric halo circles, akron grid, beads; 2 = human fig w/ arm raised, forked eye Residue: Rusty looking red residue on inner of drilled frag. Comments: 1 = Phillips & Brown Pl. 22E, 2 = Phillips & Brown, Pl 4c (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma). Lots of fine hatching on human figure.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Mar 2020
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: A448880-3
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 102.4 g
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.38 cm