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: Shoulder and body section Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Standing figures, trophy heads, shield (enclosure per Phillips & Brown (Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings from Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma)), columella pendant, kilt, beaded forelocks, hair braid, hair bun, roach, knives, concentric circles. Use Trace: Scour marks inner. Comments: 4 refitted and glued frags of 448851 + large frag 448458. Other dimensions would be total guesses. This shows men brandishing knives (sacrificial?) and severed heads. Double back bun, kneelets and fringe on the kilt. Anklets, perf pulley earspools and facial tattoos.
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: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448851-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 27 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 272.5 g