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Object NameBox of ~490 Shells
Made FromShells, Wood, Paper
TechniqueCollected, assembled
SizeBox H: 10.3 cm, W: 21 cm, D: 11.3 cm
Accession Number93.7.14
Not On View
Physical DescriptionBox of ~490 Shells. Shells, wood, paper; collected and assembled. Rectangular lidded wooden box held together at corners with paper tape. Box contains roughly 490 shells, primarily of similar size and variety.
Provenance
Source Botanical Museum of Harvard University - 1993
Former Collection Leopold Blaschka (1822-1895)
Former Collection Gertrude Pones (German)
Former Collection Rudolf Blaschka (1857-1939)