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In February, 1927, Weston visited the studio of local Carmel artist Henrietta Shore and noticed several paintings she had made of sea shells. Only one of these paintings is known to still exist (as of January, 2011), and it shows a stark and solitary nautilus on a dark field, not unlike Weston's resulting photographs. [2]
Two Shells, photograph by Edward Weston, 1927.. Two Shells, also known as Shells, is a black and white photograph taken by American photographer Edward Weston, in 1927.It was part of a series containing 26 photographs of sea shells from the same year, including Weston's famous Nautilus.
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They also carry a knife to pry open shells. Ama once numbered many thousands, [a] but by the beginning of the 21st century only about a thousand remained. Though depicted in their youth in ukiyo-e pictures, the ama was a lifetime job that continued into the woman's fifties. [6] Ama were known for their coarse manners, and their work coarsened ...
Portal:Gastropods/Selected picture/1 . The sculpture of this shell of Epitonium scalare is raised vertical ribs which are known as costae.Costae are a common feature in the shells of many species within the genus Epitonium, generally known as wentletraps (a word derived from the Dutch word for spiral staircase).
The shells of cowries are usually smooth and shiny and more or less egg-shaped. The round side of the shell is called the Dorsal Face, whereas the flat under side is called the Ventral Face, which shows a long, narrow, slit-like opening , which is often toothed at the edges. The narrower end of the egg-shaped cowrie shell is the anterior end ...
This is a list of official state shells for those states of the United States that have chosen to select one as part of their state insignia. [1] In 1965, North Carolina was the first state to designate an official state shell, the Scotch bonnet .
As is the case in most cowries, the subadult shell of Cypraea tigris has a different color pattern. The apex of the shell is a barely visible tubercule at the top right of the shell image. Roughly egg-shaped and dextral, the glossy shell is large and heavy for a cowry. It measures up to 15 cm (6 in) in length, and the upper or dorsal side is ...