Conch shell
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
1925
Materials
Shell
Measurements
150 mm (Length)90 mm (W)80 mm (H)
Place of origin
Vancouver
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1304024
Summary
A conch with woven basket cover, made in the West Coast of Vancouver 1925. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.
Provenance
Collected by Lord Egerton in British Columbia, 1925
Marks and inscriptions
Associated label - Conch Shell Cover. West Coast of Vancouver Island, Made in 1925