Shells
- Accession Number
- EC29
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Types
- Implements and utensils, Game, Game component | Organic remains, Other organic remains, Nile shell
- Materials
- Glass | Shell | Shell (Cowrie)
- Number of Elements
- 4
Licensing details
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- Description
-
Three shells (one cowrie and two small spiral stripey shells). There is also one flat hollow hemisphere in patinated glass.
- Previous Owner
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Assumed long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Last modified: 22 Jun 2020