- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Perforated cowrie shell. [MJD 14/12/2009]
- Long description
- Perforated cowrie shell. The top of the shell is missing leaving the internal helix visible. The shell is of mixed surface texture, part white with a chalky appearance, and part yellow white and smoother. [LKG 15/12/2009]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1915
- Date collected
- By 1915
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1915
- Materials and processes
- Material Cowrie Shell, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Width: max 15 mm, Length: max 21 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1915.13.2
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