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1940.12.337

Shell fragment, red patterned on one side, white on the other.

1940.12.337

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Collection type
Object
Description
Shell fragment, red patterned on one side, white on the other.
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Massim
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1940
Date collected
By 1940
Acquisition information
Donated: 1940
Materials and processes
Material Oyster Shell
Dimensions
Width: max 26 mm, Length: max 42 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1940.12.337
Research and responses

Spondylus are bivalves known as thorny oysters. [Encyclopædia Britannica Online] [CF 10/4/2000]

I cannot determine the species of shell. Spondylus (of which there are many species) and Chama pacifica are two taxonomically completely different animals. In images they both appear to be reddish. [El.B 18/05/2011]

Search terms: Animalia, Ornament, Currency, Shell

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