Engraved 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: Apical and body fragment Manufacturing Notes: Wide bold cutting. Design: Single figure, frontal view. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Per pulley earspool, claw necklace, rayed headdress, chevron, staff w/ bird head branches, crossed oval in rectangle. Residue: Reddish brown on left side - probably organic. Comments: Not scoured. Teeth show. Chevrons are on the belt, plumes appear to emanate from the ear region. Phillips & Brown 1983 Pl. 283A (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols VI-VI).
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: A448835-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 19.4 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 15 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 8.9 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 294.8 g