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Engraved Conch Shell60.53.1
Engraved conch shell depicting bird-man form with beaked mask and "speech scroll" coming from mouth. Engraved lines are painted with brown pigment. Streamer lines extend from head. Perforated spool in ear. The arms are extended with feathered wings hanging down. Feet are claws. Wears ankle band, necklace and belt.Such conch shells were used as cups to hold a drink made from yaupon leaves used as a purge during ceremonies.
- Culture
- Mississippian
- Material
- conch shell and pigment
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
BraceletEf183 a-b
Pair of white conch shell bracelets: part a has some grey flecks and a yellow streak, and part b has a yellow streak. Carved with two symmetrical recurved elements bordered by leaf-like elements, and the remainder of the bracelet consists of a series of rounded bumps that have an incised cross-hatch design.
- Culture
- Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
- Material
- conch shell
- Made in
- India
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
Trumpet HornIe473
A large conch shell with a side hole at the narrow end.
- Culture
- Toaripi
- Material
- conch shell
- Made in
- Manekea, Gulf, Papua New Guinea
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
BraceletEe61
White conch shell bracelet.
- Culture
- Ladakhi
- Material
- conch shell
- Made in
- Jammu-Kashmir, India
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
BraceletEe60
White conch shell bracelet.
- Culture
- Ladakhi
- Material
- conch shell
- Made in
- Jammu-Kashmir, India
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
NecklaceC1235
Shells forming an image of a face. Hanging below the face, there are feathers attached at the bottom of vegetable fibres and which are free from the red cloth above it. Boar's tusks are attached by vegetable fibres above the face. Cowrie shells are woven on. Feathers are woven into the fibre.
- Culture
- New Guinea
- Material
- boar tusk, feather, conch shell, spondula shell and fibre
- Made in
- Papua New Guinea
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia