- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Achatina shell amulet.
- Geographical reference
- Usambara
- Person
- Field collector Universities' Mission to Central Africa
- Field collector Miss Walker
- PRM source George Reginald Carline
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1920
- Date collected
- By 1920
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1920
- Materials and processes
- Material Snail-Shell Animal
- Dimensions
- Length: max 140 mm approx
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1920.27.17
- Research and responses
Achatina is a species of gastropod; the three main varieties are Achatina fulica (East African land snail), Achatina marginata (West African Land Snail) and Achatina Achatina (Tiger Snail). The Achatina fulica is the smallest of these, with a shell 3-4 inches in length (Source: http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/rarespecies/p/landsnails.htm) [RTS 30/4/2004].
1920.27.17
Achatina shell amulet.
On display
1920.27.17
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