Shell collection
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
Unknown
Materials
Shell
Measurements
25 mm (H)50 mm (W)165 mm (Length)
Collection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230180.2
Summary
Wooden box (.1) with a slide top and contents, a collection of 103 small cowrie shells (.2) with two small tubes (.3-4) with red and pink crystals/gems.
Provenance
Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).