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Conch Shell Stone Carving

250 - 900 CE
3rd-10th century
12 1/2 in. x 6 1/4 in. (31.75 cm x 15.88 cm)

Veracruz, Mexican

Object Type: Pre-Columbian
Medium and Support: Stone, andesite or basalt
Credit Line: Gift of William O. Gross Jr.
Accession Number: 1995.024

Object Description
Stone carving (basalt? or andesite) of conch shell, realistically carved. The conch shell "symbol of life's eternal forces of movement, rain, the sea and fertility" Gross No. 293-MM Refer to Page 5 of original Gross Inventory.

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