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Style 1 21

Hippopus shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw — Hippopus shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw
before 1613
Rijksmuseum

Cypraecassis testiculus shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw — Cypraecassis testiculus shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw
before 1613
Rijksmuseum

Murex ternispina shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw — Murex ternispina shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw
before 1613
Rijksmuseum

Cypraea arabica shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw — Cypraea arabica shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw
before 1613
Rijksmuseum

snäcka, shell — snäcka, shell
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Pendant with the Cartouche of Kheperkare (Senwosret I) — Pendant with the Cartouche of Kheperkare (Senwosret I)
Egyptian · Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12 (about 1956–1911 BCE)
Art Institute of Chicago

Crassostrea cristagalli shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw — Crassostrea cristagalli shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw
before 1613
Rijksmuseum

shell — shell
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Offering Group: Large Shell — Offering Group: Large Shell
Mexico, Guerrero(?), San Jerónimo de Juárez, Xochicalco style · c. 800–1200(?)
Cleveland Museum of Art

snäcka, shell — snäcka, shell
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

shell — shell
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

shell, shell — shell, shell
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

shell shell — shell shell
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

shell — shell
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Turbo marmoratus shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw — Turbo marmoratus shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw
before 1613
Rijksmuseum

amulet, shell — amulet, shell
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Ostreidae shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw — Ostreidae shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw
before 1613
Rijksmuseum

snäcka, shell — snäcka, shell
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

shell — shell
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

snäcka, shell — snäcka, shell
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

snäcka, shell — snäcka, shell
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Style 2 11

shell shell — shell shell
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Conus marmoreus shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw — Conus marmoreus shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw
before 1613
Rijksmuseum

Hydatina physis shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw — Hydatina physis shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw
before 1613
Rijksmuseum

shell — shell
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Conus textile shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw — Conus textile shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw
before 1613
Rijksmuseum

shell, shell — shell, shell
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Colubraria cumingii shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw — Colubraria cumingii shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw
before 1613
Rijksmuseum

Mussel Shell — Mussel Shell
1900s, 1870s
Smithsonian

snäcka, shell — snäcka, shell
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Conus generalis shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw — Conus generalis shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw
before 1613
Rijksmuseum

snäckskal, ritualia, shell — snäckskal, ritualia, shell
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Style 3 5

shell — shell
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

shell — shell
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Mitra shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw — Mitra shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw
before 1613
Rijksmuseum

shell — shell
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

snäcka, shell — snäcka, shell
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Style 4 3

Wood Carving - Shell — Wood Carving - Shell
Clayton Clements · c. 1939
National Gallery of Art

Wood Carving - Shell — Wood Carving - Shell
Joseph Ficcadenti · c. 1939
National Gallery of Art

Study of a shell of a tortoise — Study of a shell of a tortoise
c. 1615
Rijksmuseum

Named in the museum's description 1

The shell is small, hidden or only part of the story in these works, so they're shown whole.

Half coconut shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw — Half coconut shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw
before 1613
Rijksmuseum