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: Various Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Assorted fragments Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Large drill hole in distal tip of frag (Phillips & Brown Pl. 278 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma)) Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: All feature human feet or leg parts Residue: 5 have some degree of brownish staining Use Trace: Minor scouring on some Comments: Shown Phillips & Brown Pl., 198B (frag of a snake man. ) Other here may be illustrated but I did not find them in the books. Styles mostly Craig A -B, but there could be some Braden here too. 1 distal frag is Phillips & Brown, 1983:Pl 278 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols VI-VI).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Jan 2016
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 16
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: A448858-10
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Minimum Length - Object
content: ca. 4.1 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 15.4 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: ca. 2.45 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 8.55 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 873.4 g