Tiger Cowrie Shell Collection

Object/Artifact

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

Tiger Cowrie Shell Collection

Entry/Object ID

1973.152.001

Description

-collection of tiger cowrie shells in varying sizes strung on a copper wire -11 shells total with three smaller and eight larger

Collection

Ethnographic Collection

Made/Created

Place

Continent

Oceania

Notes

Date: early 20th c.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Necklace

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Jewelry

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Body Adornments

Nomenclature Class

Adornment

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Material

Shell