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Summary

The body of the box is formed from an actual cowrie shell, mounted in a deep chased ormolu mount, with a hinged lid of enamel painted to resemble the shell patterns and markings.

Display Label

Material Look-alikes Nature and science provide designers and makers with a vast choice of possible materials from curious organics to modern synthetics. In the display case to your left some of the objects are made from materials deliberately disguised to look like others. Can you spot the impostors? The answers are on the labels or in the folder below.