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: Craig A Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: 1 body fragment, 1 shoulder fragment Manufacturing Notes: Well executed Surface Modification: Incised, excised Symbols: Bird tail, chevrons, foot, snake body Residue: Minor sediment outer of larger frag. Heavy polyvinyl acetate. Use Trace: Scoured inner Comments: 2 refitted glued frags & 1 loose. Phillips & Brown 1983, Pl. 175 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols IV-VI). Weird mix of bird and snake parts. Same vessel.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Apr 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: A448880-25
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 166.7 g
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 13 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 10.6 cm