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| Keywords: FMIB 47851 Hollow pearl, made by chinese by scaling off a layer from a large oval pearl, and filling it wih a composition of hard wax or.jpeg check categories 21 August 2015 3 Hollow pearl made by chinese by scaling off a layer from a large oval pearl and filling it wih a composition of hard wax or shellac to strengthen it B concave side showing portion of the filling adhering along the line of the transverse crack which revealed the deception Subject Pearls Tag Shellfish 1898 00 Cite book Fresh-Water Pearls and Pearl Fisheries of the United States Kunz George F Washington DC Government Printing Office 1898 Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission vol 17 1897 Plate X-2 Creator George Frederick Kunz PD-UWASH-FMIB Institution University of Washington FMIB-source accession number 47851 Images from the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank to check George Frederick Kunz Pearls Oysters | ||||
