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. 5 3/16 × W. 4 15/16 × D. 7/16 in. (13.2 × 12.5 × 1.1 cm)
Classification: Shell
Geography:     Western Australia  
Credit line: Gift of Debra and Dennis Scholl, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2019
Accession year: 1999