
Cowrie shell
Unrecorded maker
332–30 BCE · Shell
Cleared · Public Domain
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Cowrie shell
Unrecorded maker
332–30 BCE · Shell
Cleared · Public Domain
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Dog with Shell
Unrecorded maker
1700s · Netsuke, ivory
Cleared · CC0
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Ring with Shell
Unrecorded maker
4th–7th century · Copper alloy, shell
Cleared · Public Domain
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Sir Anthony Mildmay, Knight of Apethorpe, Northamptonshire
Nicholas Hilliard (d. 1619)
c. 1590–93 · Portrait Miniature, Watercolor on vellum, laid on card, mounted on wood
Cleared · CC0
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Shell with wire ring
Unrecorded maker
6th–7th century · Shell, copper alloy ring
Cleared · Public Domain
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Bag with Shell Beads
Unrecorded maker
14th–15th century · Cotton, shell beads
Cleared · Public Domain
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Cupid with a Dog
Luigi Saulini (d. 1883)
1860–70 · Shell, gold
Cleared · Public Domain
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Swift Dog Strikes an Enemy
Swift Dog (d. 1925)
ca. 1880 · Watercolor and ink on paper
Cleared · Public Domain
liveNo open reproduction
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Engraved pearl shell
Unrecorded maker
ca. 1920–1960 · Carved Australian Gold-Lipped Pearl Shell, Pinctada Maxima [not endangered], natural earth pigments
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Engraved pearl shell
Unrecorded maker
ca. 1920–1960 · Carved Australian Gold-Lipped Pearl Shell, Pinctada Maxima [not endangered], natural earth pigments
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Engraved pearl shell
Unrecorded maker
ca. 1920–1960 · Carved Australian Gold-Lipped Pearl Shell, Pinctada Maxima [not endangered], natural earth pigments
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Engraved pearl shell with human hair string
Unrecorded maker
ca. 1920–1960 · Carved Australian Gold-Lipped Pearl Shell, Pinctada Maxima [not endangered], natural earth pigments, human hair
In copyright
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