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 C Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Apical and body fragment Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Considerable over cutting and slippage Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Head, maces, beaded forelock, roach, skull Residue: Deep yellow brown discoloration inner, as though some fluid sat here and altered the shell. Use Trace: Obliterated Comments: Phillips & Brown 1978, Pl 103 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols I-III) discuss unusual nature of a skull w/ hair. Mace is crown mace. Disembodied heads, crudely done.
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: A448864-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 15.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 11.75 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 6.4 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 237.8 g