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 A Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: 1 apical fragment, 2 body, 1 distal Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Excised lines in borders to petaloid features. Surface Modification: Incised, excised Symbols: Eyes, petaloid form Residue: Patchy brown sediment Use Trace: Obliterated Comments: Design. 448880-C. All from same cup. eyes on strings cross concentric petaloid linear pattern in unusual grid work. Phillips and Brown, 1983, Pl.166.1 - they discuss the unique character of this arrangement (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols IV-VI).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Mar 2020
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
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: A448880-30
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 155.1 g
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 13.7 cm