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 B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Apical shoulder + body fragment (different vessels) Manufacturing Notes: Reasonable workmanship on 1, 2nd (larger) poorly executed, very sketchy Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: 1) snake man w/ belt, dotted Greek crosses; 2) Snake motif, dotted circles Residue: Yellowish brown especially on smaller fragment inner surf Comments: Definitely not of same vessel, may not be same style either. Smaller is Craig B, shown Phillips & Brown, Pl. 222Da (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: 2
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: A448877-4
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 200.5 g
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 10.46 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 11.3 cm