Cowrie Shell
Unknown Indian, Indian
probably collected in the 19th century
Shell
Overall: 3 3/8 × 2 3/16 × 1 11/16 in. (8.5 × 5.5 × 4.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
13.2.606
Geography
Place Made: Nicobar Islands, India, South Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Provenance
Source unknown; donated to Dartmouth College, in the late 18th or 19th century; catalogued, 1913.
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