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: Apical and shoulder fragment from left side Manufacturing Notes: Sharp, shallow lines Surface Modification: Incised, excised Symbols: Human w/big paddle club, arrow/ circle in neck, tassels, forelock, facial design Residue: Brown spotty outer Use Trace: Scoured inner Comments: Possibly related to canoe or something given paddle being used as weapon. The man is being shot at from behind (Phillips & Brown , Pl 163 (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: 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: A448859-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dipper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 10.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 11.65 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 147.3 g