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1971.15.1629

Cowrie shell; white with brown mottling. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/3/2006]

1971.15.1629

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Collection type
Object
Description
Cowrie shell; white with brown mottling. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/3/2006]
Long description
Cowrie shell; white with brown mottling. The markings on this shell range from dark purplish-brown spots from the base upwards on both sides, to less distinct orange-brown spots at the top centre. These markings are spaced out so that the white ground of the shell is quite clear. Just off the centre of the shell's top side, running from end to end, there seems to be a line of less mottled patterning, but this is not immediately obvious. [LKG 08/07/2009]
Person
Field collector Anthony John Arkell
PRM source Anthony John Arkell
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1971
Date collected
By 1971
Acquisition information
Donated: 26/10/1971
Materials and processes
Material Cowrie Shell
Dimensions
Length: max 68 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1971.15.1629
Research and responses

The four shells in this set are numbered 1971.15.1629 - 1632. [MO'B 3/7/2001]

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