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 C Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Large body fragment Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Deep wide incisions. Design: Large human. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Wristlets and kneelets of beads, staffs w/sun discs at center and a tassel or face hanging from it. Rectangles in belt. Residue: Weird brown stain but it seems to overlay the thick consolidant which has been applied. Use Trace: Large hole eaten away in body. Comments: Probably man holding serpent staff. Phillips and Brown 1983 Pl. 283.1 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma, Vols VI-VI); Crossed oval at waist.
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: A448823-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 21.9 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 17.3 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 10.3 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 452.6 g