Description (Physical description)
Z 2672 [A-D]: 'Four perforated shells.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pen: 'Barbados.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Analysis)
Z 2672 [A-D] Examined by Ronald Taylor, Director of the Barbados Museum, on 2 June 1977. He notes 'cassis testiculus shell. Hole cut, no shell can be threaded.' See archive for notes (FA4/2/1).
Event Date 2/6/1977
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Display)
Z 2672 [A-B] Exhibited: Two displayed in Maudslay Gallery West Indies Case until 1986
Event Date 1986
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Z 2672 [A-D]: 'Two are perforated in a line across one end, rather like the airhole across the end of a flute or whistle.'
Event Date 20/08/2003
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Worked reticulated cowry helmet (Cypraecassis testiculus) shell. A transverse groove has been created to pierce a hole in the shell just above the anterior end on the shell's dorsal face.
Event Date 4/6/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal