EditorialClam Fish, Warm Springs, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N2) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands, 1888, Commercial color lithograph, Sheet: 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7 x 3.8 cm), Trade cards from the 'American Indian Chiefs' series (N2), issued in 18...
EditorialFragment of a shell with a sculpted female head, Iron Age II, ca. 7th century B.C., Levant or Mesopotamia, Shell (Tridacna squamosa), 2 x 3 1/8 in. (5.1 x 7.9 cm), Shell-Vessels, The shell of a species of large clam (Tridacna squamosa), native to the I...
EditorialShell Game (Kaiawase) Set, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Clam shells painted in gold and color, Each approx.: H. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); D. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm), Shell, The shell game was a popular pastime in the Edo period. Set...
EditorialTools of the Canadian natives: clam shell 1, wampun 2, wampun bead 3, belt that hangs to mid-thigh 4, mocassin 5, dish 6, and spear 7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World...
EditorialVarieties of bivalve molluscs including clam, Tridacna, mussel, Mytilus, oyster, Ostrea, pen shell, Pinna, jingle shell, Anomia, and scallop, Pecten. Lithograph after an illustration by Adrian Scheich from Lorenz Oken's Universal Natural History, Allge...
EditorialNumazu, Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, 1804., 1 print : woodcut, color ; 11.4 x 16.5 cm., Print shows two women(?) carrying baskets and dragging clam(?) rakes as they walk along the shore.
EditorialNumazu, Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, 1804., 1 print : woodcut, color ; 11.4 x 16.5 cm., Print shows two women(?) carrying baskets and dragging clam(?) rakes as they walk along the shore.
EditorialLady Selina Meade (1797-1872). Countess Clam-Martinic. Engraving by Kursning after a painting of Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830). The Iberian Illustration, 1891. Colored.
EditorialGiant clam, Tridacna gigas. Vulnerable. (Great chama shell, Chama gigas.) Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1800.
EditorialLady Selina Meade (1797-1872). Countess Clam-Martinic. Engraving by Kursning after a painting of Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830). The Iberian Illustration, 1891.
Editorial'A girl dancing with shell clappers under her feet', Japan, Edo period, c1784. A little girl dressed in an exquisite kimono decorated with the lucky treasure pattern dances on half clam-shell 'hooves', fixed to her feet with silk cords which she pulls ...
EditorialShell cosmetic container made from a clam (Tridacna Squamosa). The umbo has been carved in the form of a woman's head, while the natural form of the shell gives the impression of a windblown cloak draped over the head. The border is carved with sphinxe...