Accession No
1977.486
Description
A fisherman's signal trumpet or conch formed from a large gastropod shell. It is an end blown trumpet without mouthpiece. Broken off at the apex end of the shell to allow it to be blown into the coils of the spiral.
Place
Americas; Caribbean; West Indies; Bermuda
Period
Source
Picken, Laurence Ernest Rowland (Dr) [vendor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1977.486; 216 [Picken No]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
190mm x 120mm x 190mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Natural, end blown trumpet without mouthpiece. A fisherman's signal conch. Apex of a large gastropod shell, broken off to allow it to be blown into the coils of the spiral. Numbered 216
Event Date 1977
Author: maa
Context (Acquisition Details)
Collected by Dr L.E.R Picken
Event Date 25/1/1993
Author: maa
Context (Display)
Exhibited in the Andrews Gallery, "The Americas 1492" , 15 June 1992 to 24 September 1994.
Event Date 22/11/2020
Author: rachel hand
Description (Physical description)
Possibly the queen conch, Aliger gigas (previously known as Strombus gigas and Lobatus gigas)
Event Date 14/12/2023
Author: rachel hand
FM:84369
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