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: As noted in the publication, Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma, A448858 (Meyer Collection) fits together with A423246 (Trowbridge Collection), which is stored separately.
label: Notes
content: Style: Craig B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Apical and body fragments Alteration: Weathered Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Intertwined snake men, barred ovals, rattlesnake rattle, ponytail, possible raccoon symbol Residue: Brown organic outer Use Trace: Scoured inner Comments: Phillips & Brown Pl. 197 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma), 2 refitted frags 448858, 1 matching frag from 448861.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Sep 2021
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: A448858-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 25 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 15 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 494.9 g