30 cowrie shells, some perforated, stained with a reddish pigment. [El.B 12/04/2011]

Collection type: Object
Description: 30 cowrie shells, some perforated, stained with a reddish pigment. [El.B 12/04/2011]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; South East
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source John A. D. Jeffreys
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1957
Date collected: By 1957
Acquisition information: Donated: 1958
Materials and processes: Material Cowrie Shell, Material Pigment, Process Stained, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 27 mm largest, Length: max 16 mm smallest
Object numbers: Accession number: 1958.9.6.1 Accession number: 1958.9.6.2 Accession number: 1958.9.6.3 Accession number: 1958.9.6.4 Accession number: 1958.9.6.5 Accession number: 1958.9.6.6 Accession number: 1958.9.6.7 Accession number: 1958.9.6.8 Accession number: 1958.9.6.9 Accession number: 1958.9.6.10 Accession number: 1958.9.6.11 Accession number: 1958.9.6.12 Accession number: 1958.9.6.13 Accession number: 1958.9.6.14 Accession number: 1958.9.6.15 Accession number: 1958.9.6.16 Accession number: 1958.9.6.17 Accession number: 1958.9.6.18 Accession number: 1958.9.6.19 Accession number: 1958.9.6.20 Accession number: 1958.9.6.21 Accession number: 1958.9.6.22 Accession number: 1958.9.6.23 Accession number: 1958.9.6.24 Accession number: 1958.9.6.25 Accession number: 1958.9.6.26 Accession number: 1958.9.6.27 Accession number: 1958.9.6.28 Accession number: 1958.9.6.29 Accession number: 1958.9.6.30

Search terms: Specimen, Animalia, Currency, Shell

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