shell

ZOOLOGICAL SPECIMENS
China, Whampoa; China, Canton
Circa 1856
Overall: 7 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 7 in.

Large white spiny shell of Murex family brought back from China or the Philippines by Capt. Simon Merrill Sewall, clipper ship FLYAWAY, 1854-1858. Ref: Dr. James Carlton, MSM.


1984.17.32

Related Subjects

East Asia--Commerce--U.S.
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