Conch Shell Dipper, Engraved

Object Details

Notes

Style: Braden B Raw Material 2: Busycon sinistrum Element: Complete. Alteration: Weathered Manufacturing Notes: Shallow incising. Design: Interlace pattern. Surface Modification: Incised Symbols: Detached heads, skulls, hair knot, beaded forelock, various eye decor, arrow points. Residue: Basket impression on right half covers 17 x 10 cm. Use Trace: Laid on basket. Comments: Projectile points shown attached to skulls' teeth. They are double barbed like Sallisaw, Ashley chocoville or a coarsely serrated Pocola. Warriors have varying hair styles, mouth designs. Skulls are interlaced, warrior heads are not. Eyes include dotted diamond, dotted diamond in oval, and dotted diamond in scalloped oval. Joan Gardner (conservator) notes no speech scrolls emanating from warrior mouths as suggested by drawing in Hamilton PL 121, B (The Spiro Mound. The Missouri Archaeologist. 1952. 14:1-276).

Record Last Modified

1 Oct 2015

Site Number

34LF40

Specimen Count

1

Culture

Prehistoric

Data Source

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Accession Date

30 Dec 1966

Accession Number

272249

USNM Number

A448811-0

Collector

Richard K. Meyer

Donor Name

Richard K. Meyer

Site Name

Craig Mound

Object Type

Dipper

Length - Object

ca. 26.1 cm

Width - Object

ca. 14.8 cm

Thickness - Object

ca. 10.8 cm

Weight - Object

ca. 729.8 g

Place

Spiro, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States, North America

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Anthropology

Topic

Archaeology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8200867

Usage

CC0

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38499da85-3365-4721-9e3b-e8eeff90224d