Engraved Conch Shell Dipper - Antlered Human
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1958
name: label: Donor Name
content: Harry M. Trowbridge
label: Site Name
content: Craig Mound
notes: label: Notes
content: Original Catalog Number: 2632 Style: Craig C Raw Material 2: Busycon Element: Complete except distal tip missing Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Somewhat sketchy but not as much so as other Craig C examples. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Bow, cat-man. forked tongue, 7 columella pendants. 6 pear (scalp) motifs hanging from arms. Concentric circle, forked eye. sash, bead locks and knees, antler. Residue: Brown stain inner left apical edge. Use Trace: Scoured inner. Comments: Spherical bead between columella pendants on necklace. Dotted concentric circle is at throat. Huge antler headdress. Warrior triumphant interperated by Phillips & Brown (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma).
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: 228126
label: USNM Number
content: A423245-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 25.7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 19.4 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 12.8 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 946.2 g