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Shell

Description

Shell, from Hillswick, Northmavine, Mainland, Shetland

Museum reference

X.HR 122

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Shell

Physical description

Shell, oyster or periwinkle

Collection place(s)

Hillswick, Northmavine, Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, Northern Europe

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Large cotton floor covering of Indian origin, said to have belonged to Nana Govind Dondu Pant (Nana Sahib), taken from his tent by Colonel Robert Hope Moncrieff Aitken, Bengal Staff Corps, in the aftermath of the Indian Mutiny/Uprising (1857-1858), India

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