Shell clip, pearl snail, scallop shells
name: label: maker
content: Walworth, Ruth Lippincott
notes: label: Description
content: This shell clip was made by Ruth Lippincott Walworth of Newton Centre, Massachusetts. It is made of pearl snail shells (umbonium monoliferum lamarck) from Japan and some unidentified, polished shells (gibbula sp.) that are cemented to scallop shells (plagiocentenium gibbus linne) from Sanibel Island, Florida. These shells are attached by plaster to an ovular metal clip. This clip is a part of a collection of 28 pieces of seashell jewelry made by Walworth and donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 1940. This piece and entire collection illustrate modern shellcraft, or the making of decorative objects with seashells. Walworth was the author of <i>Shellcraft</i>, a 1938 publication about creating jewelry with shells.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Source of pearl snail shells
content: Japan: Japan
label: Source of scallop shells
content: United States: Florida, Sanibel Island
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ruth Lippincott Walworth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.A.6542
label: accession number
content: 156790
label: catalog number
content: A.6542
label: collector/donor number
content: 25
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shell Clip
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 1 5/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 4.1275 cm x 5.715 cm