Large Conch Shell Dipper With Textile Adherin
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1958
name: label: Donor Name
content: Harry M. Trowbridge
label: Site Name
content: Craig Mound
notes: label: Notes
content: Original Catalog Number: 2834 Style: Unengraved Element: Complete Manufacturing Notes: Knobs removed & surface smoothed, but never engraved. Along cut away apical area the scoring done to remove wall portion is still visible where it did not break evenly along this line. Appears that they scored the surface deeply by cutting, then broke it away, leaving a ridge that would need smoothing. Surface Modification: Smoothed Residue: Thick loose and adhering residue in basin, consisting of sediment, Cu flakes, fiber, ashes, perhaps bone dust. On outer is textile comprised of 2 ply Z-twist yarns. The textile was red and perhaps brown and these colors leached into the shell surface, giving it a distinctly red hue. Use Trace: Clearly it sat on a textile. Comments: Residue should be analyzed microscopically, some fibers in it are black & may be charred. Original Catalog Number: 2834 Style: 2 ply Z twist Manufacturing Notes: Appears to be a twined weave but the wefts have disintegrated, leaving a fine indentation across the wider thicker warps fibers. Surface Modification: Smoothed
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: 228126
label: USNM Number
content: A423233-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 24.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 15.8 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 12 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 855.1 g
label: Bore Diameter
content: ca. 0.5 cm