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 & body fragments Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Lots of tool slippage especially on trilobite Design: Background filler Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Trilobite, snake, chevrons w/ dotted circle in snake body Residue: Brown spots (mat?) Comments: Snake coiled w/ head in center (deterior). Pendants from ears. Phillips and Brown 1983:Pl. 220 (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Aug 2016
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
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: A448861-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 27 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 18.3 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 11.5 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 574.4 g