Engraved pearl shell
Object type: Shell
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Western Australia
Date: ca. 1920–1960
Medium: Carved Australian Gold-Lipped Pearl Shell, Pinctada Maxima [not endangered], natural earth pigments
Dimensions: H. 6 × W. 4 3/8 × D. 9/16 in. (15.2 × 11.1 × 1.4 cm)
Classification: Shell
Geography:     Western Australia probably western Kimberley region 
Credit line: Gift of Debra and Dennis Scholl, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2019
Accession year: 1999