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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

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

Small piece of tortoiseshell

1701-1900

Pearl shell

1850-1929

Trochus or opercula shell amulet

1880-1920

Shell, with red white and blue decorative beads

1871-1925

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

Single bivalve shell

1851-1925

Silver bound cowrie shell painted with erotic scene

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

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

Single mother of pearl shell

1851-1930
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
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