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Description: | Vessel in the form of the red-coloured thorny oyster (Spondylus princeps). Spondylus is native to Ecuador's coast. The ruling elite used this shell in abundance. As red dust it would be scattered before the King's feet as he walked. In death his burial w - - Lambayeque Valley, North Coast, Peru, S, America | Format: | text/html | License: | http://rammuseum.org.uk/legal | Publisher: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter City Council | Rights holder: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter City Council | Subjects: | Religion and magic Ethnography | Source: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum | Creator: | Not specified | Identifier: | http://rammcollections.org.uk/content/ca... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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