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 B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Large lower body fragment, upper body of smaller shell, other body fragment Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Sketchy Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Bird-man motifs feathers Residue: Basket impression on upper body refitted frag. This frag also has yellow brown residue on inner surface. Other frags have brown residue inner. Use Trace: Well scoured Comments: 2 frags are adhered into 1 pc. Phillips and Brown Pl. 209.1(Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma). Section of belt w/ capital I design on it visible on largest frag.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Apr 2020
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
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: A448880-22
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 344.3 g
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 14.1 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 12 cm