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: Distal + 2 body fragments, 1 edge fragment Alteration: Weathered Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Snake w/ U-scales Residue: Brown sediment Comments: 3 frags from one vessel Phillips & Brown 1983, 224 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Vols VI-VI). Largest frag (448866) shows anus of weird animal which is surrounded by a nimbus having hair marks. 2 more smaller frags 448880 go w/ this vessel. 1 edge frag is from another vessel Phillips & Brown 218a.
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: A448866-4
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 284.5 g
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: ca. 11.65 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 8 cm