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Snail shell and operculum

Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Snail shell and operculum
Dimensions
Width: 17,6 cm
Height: 19,3 cm
Depth: 4 cm
Material/Technique
Snail shell (Turbo imperialis), Snail shell (Turbo petholatus), Operculum (Turbo petholatus)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 24763 a-c

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1906
    where
    Polynesia
    Turbo petholatus
  • Collecting
    who
    Otto Schneider - Collectors
    Maass, Alfred - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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