Shell
The hard protective outer case of a mollusk or an egg. Can be used for inlays, decoration, or for holding pigments or makeup.
The hard protective outer case of a mollusk or an egg. Can be used for inlays, decoration, or for holding pigments or makeup.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9144 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads very small lapis and gold balls, with them a pendant of artificial cat's eye (hematite(?) & shell) set in copper. [drawing of cat's eye] |
| 19577 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads 3 very long shell tubes, shell cylinders, small shells pierced, large black hematite barrels, carnelian rings. |
| 13744A | 31-17-103 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Mostly white shell: with them 2 white shell plaques, one oblong, one diamond shaped and some lapis and carnelian rings. For order see field notes. | |
| 13744B | 31-17-145 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Mostly white shell: with them 2 white shell plaques, one oblong, one diamond shaped and some lapis and carnelian rings. For order see field notes. | |
| 18266B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. (A) 3 triple-bored square spacers of glazed frit, a quantity of minute rings and tubes of blue paste, tubes of white paste and pink limestone; then probably all going together. Also: (B) A mixed string of shell tubes, cylinders and date shaped: glazed frit lozenges, glass paste date-shaped: glaze nasturtium seed, discoids, glass balls, paste double conoids, glass cylinders and paste rings and 1 carnelian cylinder. Found in disorder. |
| 8099 | (none) | 1928,1009.392 | (none) | Beads. Large shell rings. About 002 in diameter. In bad condition. |
| 8250 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Mixed lapis and shell, 29 in all, 28 found together in a basket, 1 biggish lapis ribbed ball formed apart and possibly belonging to the copper pin U.8248. |
| 8310 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. One carnelian, a few lapis, and a number of very small shell rings. |
| 19247 | (none) | 1935,0112.80 | (none) | Beads. 1 shell tube, and 2 oval shell frontlets; diamond beads of lapis, mother-of-pearl, paste and limestone, paste balls, small shell rings, quartzite rhomboid and square paste spacers. |
| 15108 | (none) | 1930,1213.114 | (none) | Beads. 4 long shell elliptical beads; slightly concave on one side, slightly convex on the other. |
| 18207C | 32-40-258 | (none) | (none) | Beads. A mixed lot, largely paste. The bulk was said to be ? and have yellow, blue, and white with and double crescents glass paste nimp, dark reg: with men same tune beads which may not-belong to the main set. |
| 19236 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian ball, date-shaped and cylindrical, lapis facetted date-shaped and date-shaped, shell square, shell double conoids. |
| 19237 | (none) | 1935,0112.84 | (none) | Beads. Carnelian cylinders, shell cylinders and lapis rings. |
| 19233 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian rings and one shell tube. |
| 19256 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian rings, black steatite rings (large), shell and black steatite tubes(large), calcite button, very small shell (or paste) rings. |
| 19235 | 35-1-68 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Four shell tubes (one borken); four carnelian and four crystal rings. | |
| 15106 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis & carnelian ring beads and a few shell. All minute. Order see Field note. |
| 19223 | (none) | 1935,0112.81 | (none) | Beads. Lapis tubes & ovals, quartzite double conoids; also a quantity of shell rings, and some small shells pierced as beads. |
| 19253 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Large carnelian rings and small shell rings and spacer. |
| 15369 | 31-17-37 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Rings of white shell, a great quantity found forming 4 strings round the neck | |
| 15369A | 31-17-38 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Rings of white shell, a great quantity found forming 4 strings round the neck | |
| 15369B | 31-17-39 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Rings of white shell, a great quantity found forming 4 strings round the neck | |
| 15369C | 31-17-40 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Rings of white shell, a great quantity found forming 4 strings round the neck | |
| 15369D | 31-17-41 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Rings of white shell, a great quantity found forming 4 strings round the neck | |
| 15369E | 31-17-42 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Rings of white shell, a great quantity found forming 4 strings round the neck |