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: Distal Fragment w/ portion of shoulder Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Nice view of distal grinding treatment in this rare case of tip preservation. Design: Large single motif. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Falcon-man, sash, perf pulley earspool, headdress, apron. Residue: Thin small spots of brown on outer. Use Trace: Large part of body broken away along w/ apex. Appears punched not worn, but could be excavation damage. Comments: Similar design to falcon-man plates done in Cu. Outstretched arms have feathers hanging down. Has been repaired w/ unnumbered frag glued onto rt side. Very long shell considering length recorded is minus the apex. Man holds something - prob mace. Long apron resembles animal tail (noted by Joan Gardner, conservator.) Headdress projects left from mans head and he faces right.
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: A448812-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 33 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 20.2 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 11.8 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 436.2 g