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: Unclassified Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Body & edge fragments Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Variable from highly skilled to highly sketchy Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Human forms (Braden or Craig A), Craig C mouth, snake, barred oval, concentric rings. Residue: Various but most have some brownish stain or residue. On at least 1 face. Comments: Human forms (Braden or Craig A). Called unclassified mostly because pieces are too small to make a decision. Or they are orphans w/o parent shells. Possible themes include intertwined snake men (the frag w/barred oval & snake body).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Mar 2020
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 14
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: A448880-36
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 303.6 g
label: Minimum Length - Object
content: ca. 2.69 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 15.8 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: ca. 1.9 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 7.3 cm