Dentalium

97-563-4605

From: Northwest Coast

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 97-563-4605
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Northwest Coast
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Dentalium Shell
Description

Tip of shell missing leaving long tube.

Originally part of 3 pieces of "Shell Money." The other two pieces are 97-84-372A and 97-84-372B.

Length 4.2
Width 0.5
Thickness 0.5
Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-563-4605 - Old Museum Number | 9201 - ANSP Number

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