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)
15369F 31-17-43 (none) (none) Beads. Rings of white shell, a great quantity found forming 4 strings round the neck
15369G 31-17-44 (none) (none) Beads. Rings of white shell, a great quantity found forming 4 strings round the neck
15369H (none) 1930,1213.113 (none) Beads. Rings of white shell, a great quantity found forming 4 strings round the neck
15369I (none) 1930,1213.121 (none) Beads. Rings of white shell, a great quantity found forming 4 strings round the neck
15369J (none) 1930,1213.122 (none) Beads. Rings of white shell, a great quantity found forming 4 strings round the neck
15369K (none) 1930,1213.123 (none) Beads. Rings of white shell, a great quantity found forming 4 strings round the neck
15369O (none) 1930,1213.124 (none) Beads. Rings of white shell, a great quantity found forming 4 strings round the neck
15369L (none) 1930,1213.125 (none) Beads. Rings of white shell, a great quantity found forming 4 strings round the neck
15369M (none) 1930,1213.126 (none) Beads. Rings of white shell, a great quantity found forming 4 strings round the neck
15369N (none) 1930,1213.127 (none) Beads. Rings of white shell, a great quantity found forming 4 strings round the neck
14965 31-17-100 (none) (none) Beads. Small ring beads of white shell.
13745 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Small white shell rings. Strung in 2 loops kept together by a little rectangular black steatite spacer. Probably a bracelet. Found on the floor of the room, in order.
19248 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Very long shells, four tubes and one oval frontlet pierced at each end.
15368 31-17-72 (none) (none) Beads. Very small white shell rings. Found on the arm.
14973 31-17-71 (none) (none) Beads. Very small white shell rings. Found with the body in early grave below kilns.
18115 (none) (none) (none) Beads. 1 malachite cylinder, 2 white calcite rhomboids, 1 cylinder seal, grey steatite, much defaced, with seated goddess and 2 standing figures and traces of 2 columns of inscription: cylinders of shell, steatite, pine limestone, some originally with figures but all defaced, eliptical beads of white calcite, agate, biconvex rectangles, square section tubular red limestone, black stone discoid, carnelian date-shaped, glass ball, and one limestone disk with crudely incised design thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing]
17357 31-43-142 (none) (none) Beads. 1 Mother of pearl (?) ball. Glass paste bugles and double conoids. Carnelian double conoids, ring beads. 1 steatite double conoid. 1 pale lapis lazuli (?) bugle.
18464 (none) (none) (none) Beads. 3 long spacers made from the lips of cowtie shells, shell tubes and black stone barrel.
827 (none) (none) (none) Beads. 9 bugle-beads of white shell, much decayed; the longest is 7mm long. A few shell disk beads of the usual small type. A quantity of small shells, whole, but pierced for threading. One mother-o'-pearl spacer, flat, thus [drawing 1:1] Half-a-dozen small carnelian ring beads. Found with stonerams
11444 (none) (none) (none) Beads. A few small beads of lapis, carnelian and shell, found together but not in order.
18207A (none) 1935,0113.454 (none) Beads. A mixed lot, largely paste. The bulk were said to be from one grave. Yellow, blue and white rings and double conoids. Glass paste rings, dark grey; with the some stone beads which may not belong to the main set.
17842D (none) 1932,1008.122 (none) Beads. A mixed lot. 192 carnelian bugles. 56 carnelian double conoids, lentoids and barrels. 11 large carnelian double conoids and facetted lentoids. 421 carnelian rings. 81 larger carnelian rings. 41 glazed frit balls. 43 lapis lazuli, rings, bugles, ovoids, small mixed beads, apatite (?) quartzite, shell, agate and crystal.
17842K 32-40-242 (none) (none) Beads. A mixed lot. 192 carnelian bugles. 56 carnelian double conoids, lentoids and barrels. 11 large carnelian double conoids and facetted lentoids. 421 carnelian rings. 81 larger carnelian rings. 41 glazed frit balls. 43 lapis lazuli, rings, bugles, ovoids, small mixed beads, apatite (?) quartzite, shell, agate and crystal.
17090 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian lentoids, balls, discoids, scaraboids. Amethystine quartz scaraboids. Lapis lazuli discoid, scaraboid. Glass paste, yellow, balls, lentoids and 1 miniature puzuzu head. Carnelian pieces of inlay consisting of round lapis centers in a mother of pearl circular backing set in a circular steatite backing.
18554 33-35-145 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings and shell cylindrical, the latter coarsely made.

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