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: Braden A Raw Material 2: Busycon Element: Body and distal fragment Manufacturing Notes: Well-executed. Falcon eye of center head is excised leaving raised oval eye shape. Surface Modification: Incised, excised Symbols: Human head, beaded forelock, bi-lobed arrow, falcon eye, perf pulley earspool, hair roach, comb, exaggerated forked lip profile, stocking cap (Joan Gardner, conservator). Residue: Possible mat impression on right margin. Use Trace: Distal fragment has worm damage, other doesn't, suggesting that these frags were in separate places in the mound. Comments: Distal = 448880, body is parent 448819. Parts of 3 profile heads visible.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448819-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 30 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: ca. 16.1 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 9.6 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 505.4 g