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: Part of apex & body, distal tip missing Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Somewhat sketchy Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Half barred concentric oval or Collars in horizontal registers. Residue: Orange discoloration outer Use Trace: Scoured inner Comments: 3 horiz rows present. Resembles collars worn by figures on Craig C cups, like Phillips and Brown 279. This cup pictured Phillips & Brown, 1983, Pl. 334 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols IV-VI). Consists of 3 frags refitted an glued and numbered 448880D.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Apr 2020
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: A448880-19
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 240.6 g
label: Length - Object
content: ca. 17 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 14 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 9.2 cm