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: Shoulder and body fragments Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Crossed oval shield design w/ 2 streamers out of their bases. Residue: Brown stains Comments: Plate 185 in Phillips and Brown 1983 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols IV-VI). Same design as 448878s01 but these have the double tails pointing up rather than down. These have been labeled B.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Oct 2015
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
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: A448878-1
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 241.8 g