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: Braden C Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Shoulder fragment, distal fragment. Alteration: Weathered Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Concentric circles, mace, snake, lizard Residue: Brown on surface. Use Trace: Well scoured on inner. Comments: Shoulder is parent A448830, distal is 1 frag A448886. Match but do not refit. Snake attacks lizard. Max/min dimensions give dimensions of each frag. Phillips & Brown 1978 Pl. 110A,C (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols I-III).
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: A448830-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Minimum Length - Object
content: ca. 7.5 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 15.1 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: ca. 8.2 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 11.1 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 304.3 g