Nut
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Nut
Measurements
130 mm (Length)72 mm (W)60 mm (H)
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1303838
Summary
A carved nut shell, Venezuelan. The exterior decorated with stylised floral designs and with fine circles inlaid with silver (?). Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.