Glove

Description

Gloves made of byssus thread of Pinna nobilis, noble pen shell or fan mussel

Museum reference

Z.1913.1.15.2

Collection

Natural Sciences

Object name

Glove

Scientific name(s)

species: Pinna nobilis Linnaeus, 1758 - Noble pen shell

Materials

Byssus thread

Physical description

Byssus

Exhibitions

• Design for Living (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Fish and fisheries; a selection from the prize essays of the International fisheries exhibition, Edinburgh, 1882. by Herbert, David ed. Pub W. Blackwood and Sons, London, 1883

On display

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