Pearl shell window-pane
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Pearl shell window-pane. The shell is semi-transparent, one side is pearlescent the other is naturally ridged. The shell is cut into a square shape and is flat. [AB [OPS Move] 18/5/2017]
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Subject
Window pane
Date
Date made: 1885
Type
Building material
Identifier
1909.30.113
Origin
Manila, Philippines
Materials
Pearl shell
Process: Carved.
Process: Carved.
Physical Dimensions
Length: max 83 mm
Width: max 77 mm
Width: max 77 mm
Provenance
Julia Maclear.
Field collector: John Fiot Lee Pearse Maclear; HMS Flying Fish. Collected 1885.
Field collector: John Fiot Lee Pearse Maclear; HMS Flying Fish. Collected 1885.
Acquisition Date
1909
Short description
John Fiot Lee Pearse Maclear served on the HMS Flying Fish between 1883 and 1887 on surveying work [DNB] [AP 2/2/2001]
Display status
Not on display
References
The windowpane oyster, Placuna placenta, has flat translucent valves that are used, primarily in the Philippines, in the manufacture of lampshades, trays, mats, and bowls, and for window-glass [Encyclopædia Britannica Online: “Bivalve”].
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“Pearl shell window-pane,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed May 2, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/27702.
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