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: Various fragments Manufacturing Notes: Holes in 2 apical frags & 1 distal frag Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Birds-eagle Residue: Faint brownish on some inner surfs. Comments: Eagle feather convention, Phillips & Brown 1983 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols IV-VI), Pls. 173A,B, 171A (apical), left edge (shown Phillips & Brown Pl. 177) has severed neck of eagle head. Distal and another apical frag not pictured in Phillips & Brown. Thick pva, one piece has masking tape bit on inner surf. Distal frag shows no feathers, but rather a severed neck edge of woodpecker - Phillips & Brown, Pl. 182d - w/bead grid. Phillips & Brown 1983,Pl 179Ba is the other apical frag, 179C also included.
label: Notes
content: 7 shells were originally listed with this number but only 3 were found because they are in Phillips and Brown (see note above)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Mar 2020
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
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: A448880-5
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 303.5 g
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 10.4 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 9.7 cm
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.4 cm