Half of a giant white scalloped clamshell, used for decoration.
shell (animal material)
shell (animal material)
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
5 (H) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1624
Possibly Pacific Islands [general region]
probably
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