- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Thick pearl shell piece. [CW 17/11/99]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1873
- Date collected
- 1873
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1901
- Dimensions
- Length: max 210 mm, Width: max 90 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1901.24.23
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