- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Ovula ovum shell.
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Charles Gabriel Seligman
- PRM source Charles Gabriel Seligman
- PRM source Brenda Zara Seligman
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1940
- Date collected
- By 1940
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1940
- Materials and processes
- Material Shell
- Dimensions
- Length: max 70 mm, Width 45 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1940.12.371
- Research and responses
4 specimens are entries [1940.12.369 - 372]. It is unclear as to what Amphipera refers to. [CF 11/4/2000]
'Amphiperas' is an archaic name for this species [See http://data.acnatsci.org/obis/search.php/38413] [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 23/9/2005]
Further items to explore
1930.75.17'Haliotis shell containing red-ochre for use as war-paint.' In fact, a 'fresh' shell filled with ochre, i.e. a forgery. [JC 13 5 2003]1930.75.17
1985.52.190.5Amulet, a fragment of shell, in a glass vial with cork stopper. For six other fragments of shell see [1985.52.190 .1-.4] and [1985.52.190 .6-.7]. [JC [OPS Move] 14/11/2016]1985.52.190.5
1899.78.17.3Shell bound with creeper around the edge. Sits on a bundle of fine plant fibre [1899.78.17 .5]. For the other objects in this collection see 1899.78.17 .1 - 1899.78.17 .5. [BS [OPS move] 2/12/2016]1899.78.17.3
1932.53.49Shell used for windows. The outer surface is light brown in colour, the underside is white and slightly pearlescent. It is semi-transparent. The shell is flat. [AB [OPS Move] 18/5/2017]1932.53.49
1903.55.1Cooking pot of black ware, much blackened through use. [MOBB [OPS move] 07/04/2016]1903.55.1
1911.64.10Spear, bamboo shaft, painted with white lines. The wooden head and foreshaft is decorated and carved with a row of barbs, below which is some hair or plant fibre. [DV [OPS move] 22/6/2018]1911.64.10
1938.36.618Neck ornament; 22 pigs' teeth with perforations at the root through which they are strung onto a twisted string. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/12/2005]1938.36.618
1899.62.640Spear made from wood. The head is pointed, the shaft tapers towards the butt which is covered with feathers bound with fine plant fibre. [VS [OPS move] 20/8/2018]1899.62.640