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

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

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 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… >

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. >

Shells from the deep levels of the sounding in Murda Sang. >

Ancient Indus shell and stone beads from Gola Dhoro. >

Harappan shell working was carried out in many areas of the site using a wide range of marine shell species. These two examples of Fasciolaria trapezium, have been chipped to remove pieces of the outer shell that may have been used for making shell … >

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… >