Cowrie shell
Category
Archaeological material
Date
Unknown
Materials
shell
Measurements
18 x 7 x 8 mm
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 1991437
Summary
A small elliptical blue/grey Cowrie shell, with a white convex base, and well defined teeth either side of the aperture. The canals at each end have two eyelike brown marks. The base blue/grey colour has white dots, with a blue/grey line down the length of the shell, which is where the animal's mantle flaps meet. There is no indication of where this was discovered.