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Amulet, whelk shell with reversed spiral

1850-1920

Fungus known as Fu ling in Traditional Chinese Medicine, China, 1850-1920

1850-1920

Small gastropod mollusc with artificial slot through which fibre string attached

1870-1920

Small piece of tortoiseshell

1701-1900

Single pearl shell with serrated tip used for scarification

1881-1930

Single bivalve shell

1851-1925

Shell, with perforated side and bark loop

1871-1910

Pearl shell

1850-1929

Trochus or opercula shell amulet

1880-1920

Shell, with red white and blue decorative beads

1871-1925

Single bivalve shell

1851-1925

5 oyster shells owned by Dr. T. Wilson Parry and probably used by him in experiments on neolithic trephination

Silver bound cowrie shell painted with erotic scene

Single mother of pearl shell, broken, from China(?), 1851 to 1930

Single mother of pearl shell

1851-1930
Number of shell (?) fragments, provenance unknown

Number of shell (?) fragments, provenance unknown

1830-1920
Ostrea shell, from Pootoo Island, China, used to cure eye diseases, 1850-1930

Ostrea shell

1850-1930
6 shells, 1 mounted on card with a cut pencil to demonstrate its cutting power, shells possibly also used in trephination experiments by Dr T. Wilson Parry, England, 1913-1920

6 shells

2 halves of a shell used as a container for brown sticky ointment for boils and sores, Chinese, 1880-1920

2 halves of a shell used as a container for brown sticky ointment for boils and sores

1880-1920
Two shells, probably haliotis, of unknown provenance, 1830-1920

Two shells

1830-1920
Small oyster-like shells, bivalve, "nukh", Indian, 1851-1930

Small oyster-like shells

1851-1930
Gun shell which burst near Sir John Furley, 1872-73

Gun shell which burst near Sir John Furley

1872-1873