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Amulet, whelk shell with reversed spiral

Amulet, whelk shell with reversed spiral

1850-1920
Silver bound cowrie shell painted with erotic scene

Silver bound cowrie shell painted with erotic scene

Trochus or opercula shell amulet

Trochus or opercula shell amulet

1880-1920
Pearl shell

Pearl shell

1850-1929
Fungus known as Fu ling in Traditional Chinese Medicine, China, 1850-1920

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

1850-1920
Single pearl shell with serrated tip used for scarification

Single pearl shell with serrated tip used for scarification

1881-1930
Single bivalve shell

Single bivalve shell

1851-1925
5 oyster shells owned by Dr. T. Wilson Parry and probably used by him in experiments on neolithic trephination

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

Small piece of tortoiseshell

Small piece of tortoiseshell

1701-1900
Small gastropod mollusc with artificial slot through which fibre string attached

Small gastropod mollusc with artificial slot through which fibre string attached

1870-1920
Shell, with perforated side and bark loop

Shell, with perforated side and bark loop

1871-1910
Shell stuffed with leaves and rags

Shell stuffed with leaves and rags

Shell covered in animal skin

Shell covered in animal skin

Single bivalve shell

Single bivalve shell

1851-1925
Shell, with red white and blue decorative beads

Shell, with red white and blue decorative beads

1871-1925
Gun shell which burst near Sir John Furley, 1872-73

Gun shell which burst near Sir John Furley

1872-1873
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
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

Small shell, conical, brown, with spiral effect, small sea mollusc

Small shell

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

Single mother of pearl shell

1851-1930
Two large seashells, one covered in animal skin, both stuffed with rags and leaves

Two large seashells, one covered in animal skin, both stuffed with rags and leaves

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

Ostrea shell

1850-1930
Number of shell (?) fragments, provenance unknown

Number of shell (?) fragments, provenance unknown

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

Small oyster-like shells

1851-1930
Two shells, probably haliotis, of unknown provenance, 1830-1920

Two shells

1830-1920