Large Conch Shell Dipper Section, 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: Braden C Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Apical fragment. Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Shallow incising. Design: Negative space is important (Joan Gardner, conservator) Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Fringed apron w center cross; half concentric rayed barred ovals; spiral arrow w/ barbs. Residue: Patches of brown to yellow residues or altered shell surface. Use Trace: Hole in shoulder - and degraded somewhat around hole. Comments: Half ovals run around shoulder on apex, and down right side side of the shell. This data form comprises 5 fragments, 3 of which are refit, and 2 which refit ea other and match the parent, ergo 2 discrete pieces. A large shell, where the extant portion is probably less than 3/4 of entire vessel. Width measurement is estimate if separate fragment were to be added. The 2 fragment group is comprised of 448816 and 1 frag 448877 and is shown in Phillips & Brown 1978:Pl 122.1 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma, Vols I-III). The 3 fragment set consists of 448877 and 448880 fragments, shown in Phillips & Brown 1983:Pl B-2H (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma, Vols VI-VI), where it is shown matched to their plate 122.1.
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: A448816-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 23.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 22.3 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 13 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 743.6 g