Conch Shell Dipper, Engraved
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 A Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Complete Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Done on very thin shell which has survived remarkably well. Apical hole 1 cm from rim a bit left of center. Incising is shallow, fine and mostly uncolored. Design: Apex incorporated into design. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: (April K. Sievert) Bird man, barred oval, petaloid band. Residue: Brown patchy thin residue on outer surface, could be remains of basketry impression. Red stain on left edge. Use Trace: Some loss at distal area (weathered) and a segment broken out of the left rim. This is a clean break and unweathered. Comments: Barred ovals on bird bodies which have legs to one side, wings to the other, human heads w/beaded tassel for forelock and squiggly snake like things hanging down the front from the neck. Design mirrors well that of repousee copper decoration.
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: A448798-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 33.4 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 18.4 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 12.8 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 764.1 g
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.42 cm