Tortoise shell

shell

ZOOLOGICAL SPECIMENS
overall: 4-1/2 x 7 in.

Shell; Tortoise shell; from the collection of Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899); piece of tortoise shell, uneaven edges, possibly from the Hawksbill turtle (found living in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans).


2005.34.271

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Turtles
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