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ornament, cowry shell

human history
  • Other Name

    sea shell inscribed with Lords Prayer, circa 1840 (descriptive name)

  • Description

    cowry shell ornament

    cowry (Cypraea tigris) shell decorated with the Lord's Prayer; top of shell cut back to purple underlayer; Lord's Prayer etched in white; collected by Rev. John Waterhouse, prior to 1842.

  • Accession Number
    1964.145
  • Accession Date
    1964
  • Other Id

    col.2231 (colonial)

    37589 (ethnology)

  • Department

    History

    Social History

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Images

  • ornament, cowry shell, 1964.145, col.2231, 37589, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 06 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • ornament, cowry shell, 1964.145, col.2231, 37589, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 06 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • ornament, cowry shell, 1964.145, col.2231, 37589, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 06 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • ornament, cowry shell, 1964.145, col.2231, 37589, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 06 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • ornament, cowry shell, 1964.145, col.2231, 37589, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 06 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • shell col.2231
  • shell col.2231
  • shell col.2231
  • shell col.2231

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