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 C Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Complete Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Drilled distal hole at distal margin of design. Apical hole present but may be punched. Larger deterioration. Hole in body at shoulder on left of center. Design: Geometric. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Linked semi-volutes (Joan Gardner, conservator), concentric circles. Residue: Yellow stain in interior. Faint but definite basket impression on outer surface. Use Trace: Placed on basket/mat. Comments: 6 bands of repeating motifs running latitudinally. Volutes run in Z direction. and there they meet are joined by a 3 concentric ring circle. Volute swirls sometimes consist of 4 || lines others of 3|| lines but offset so that there would be room for a 4th. Is this an intentional variation, or is it what happens when a Mississippian artist runs out of time and has to take short-cuts (see what Phillips & Brown have to say about it (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma)).
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: A448804-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 30.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 18.1 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 12.7 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 746.3 cm
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.49 cm