Japanese netsuke, a flock of swallows flying over a clam shell

An image of Netsuke. A flock of swallows flying over a clam shell covered with nine barnacles. Unknown maker, Japan. Ivory, all the eyes are inlaid with horn.

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Netsuke. A flock of swallows flying over a clam shell covered with nine barnacles. Unknown maker, Japan. Ivory, all the eyes are inlaid with horn.

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Accession Number: O.140-2008
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
Image height: 683 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
Filesize: 74.77kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:04 04:16:28

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_WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_OPAC_pending carved clam shell clams Fitz_AA ivory Japanese netsuke sea shell seashells shellfish shells

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