- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Cylinder of a porous cream coloured material (?shell or ?fossil - see notes) with several chips out of the edges. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 23/11/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1953
- Date collected
- By 1953
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1953
- Materials and processes
- Material Tridacna Clam Shell, Material Fossil
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 71 mm, Height: max 51 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1953.8.1B Other PRM accession number: 1953.8.B 1
Search terms: Religion, Religious Offering
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