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Shells

Terracotta snake and coonch of the argha or spoon shape

  • Terracotta snake and coonch of the argha or spoon shape

Shell Conch Spoon: Published in ARASI 1924-25, Plate XXVII (e) Terracotta Snake: Published in ARASI 1924-25, Plate XXVII (a). Title of Plate XXVII: ‘Harappa: Terracotta and Other Objects’ Field number for the spoon in Vats 19… >

Game, Bone and Shell Objects

  • Game, Bone and Shell Objects

10 small objects in two rows of five each. Top row: Similar looking objects published in Vats 1940 (Vol. II), Plate CXVII, nos. 28-31. Vats described these as “chessman shaped lingams” and mentioned that they “are found in very large numbers … >

Objects and Bones, Shells

  • Harappa Objects and Bones, Shells

Four objects in a row. Second from right: ? piece of a stone ware bangle (?). NOTE: The find numbers written on the back of the photograph A 528, Ab 635, AB 1076, B4. >

Shells from Harappa

  • Shells from Harappa

Three cores of a conch shell. Chipped to remove the pieces of the outer shell. Left, bottom row: possibly a ladle. Vats: "Shell was worked with great skill, and every part of it was turned to account in the manufacture of dippers, cups, bangle… >

Two Shell Ladles

  • Shell ladle

Examples of one of the finest and most distinct of Indus craft objects. >

Miscellaneous Carnelian, Shell and Other Beads

  • Miscellaneous Carnelian, Shell and Other Beads

TRINKETS WORN BY PREHISTORIC INDIAN PEOPLE: MISCELLANEOUS BEADS OF CORNELIAN [CARNELIAN], SHELL AND SO ON, FROM MOHENJO-DARO. >

Sculpture

  • Sculpture

Seated male sculpture with shell inlay still remaining in one eye. The braided or combed hair lays back straight and a plain fillet or ribbon encircles the head and falls down the back of the neck. Two strands of a ribbon or braided hair hang over t… >

Libation vessels

  • Libation vessels

Libation vessels made of the conch shell Turbinella pyrum. One of these is decorated with vermilion filled incised lines. A single spiraling design is carved around the apex and a double incised line frames the edge of the orifice. This type of vess… >

Shell ladle

  • Shell ladle

Large ladle found with burial pottery in a disturbed burial of the Harappan cemetery. Shell ladles were probably used in special rituals for dispensing sacred liquids such as water or oil. A hole in the bottom of the ladle has been repaired with a l… >

Shell- and bone fragments, carnelian bead and flint drill

  • Shell- and bone fragments, carnelian bead and flint drill

Shell- and bone fragments, carnelian bead and flint drill. >

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