Channel Whelk Shell

Part of a Channel Whelk shell in pretty good condition, the exterior layers may have been cut off for making wampum or other beads

• Object number

  1

• Animals/objects

  Channel Whelk (Busycotypus canaliculatus)

• Category

  Food Related

• Class

  Fauna

• Material

  Shell

• Context

  1439- South Ferry - Whitehall Slip 15598.039