FMNH 145617.15

  • 145617 nautilus shell pieces for currency
    Photographer: John G. Maniatis
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: reference image in glass vial
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    Scanner: Liz Neill : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
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    Description: scan of catalog card
Catalog Number: 145617.15
Description: shell (unfinished) for currency
Materials: shell; nautilus
Locality: Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain: Duke of York Islands
Accession Number: [1140] J. N. Field (Gift)
Accession Year: 1913
Other Numbers: 329
Country: Papua New Guinea
Province/State: Bismarck Archipelago
District/County: New Britain
City/Town: Duke of York Islands
Collector/Source: Joseph N. Field, Captain Hermann Voogdt
EMu IRN: 3944131
GUID: d20bd901-40df-4c6f-aa48-169f63549dd8

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