Glass vial with cork stopper containing ten cowries and three spindle shells

Maker
Shakespear, Frances Isabella Blanche (b.1879, d.1964)
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Description
Glass vial with a cork stopper containing six small yellow cowrie shells, three small speckled cowrie shells, one small off white cowrie shell, and three small variable spindle shells.
Part of a collection of predominantly Pacific region sea shells and New Zealand seabird eggs collected by Frances Shakespear.
Accession number
2015.232.135
Museum System ID
36728
Collection type
Objects
Collection
Shakespear
Classification

Aquatic
bottle
Maker and role
Shakespear, Frances Isabella Blanche (b.1879, d.1964): Collector
Media/Materials
Glass: 1 - glass vial
Cork: 2 - cork
Cowrie: 3 - cowrie shell
Cowrie: 4 - cowrie shell
Cowrie: 5 - cowrie shell
Cowrie: 6 - cowrie shell
Cowrie: 7 - cowrie shell
Cowrie: 8 - cowrie shell
Cowrie: 9 - cowrie shell
Cowrie: 10 - cowrie shell
Cowrie: 11 - cowrie shell
Cowrie: 12 - cowrie shell
Shell: 13 - spindle shell
Shell: 14 - spindle shell
Shell: 15 - spindle shell
Measurement details
3D objects (HxWxD): H 135 x W 16 x D 16mm: 0 - Whole
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