Chama Collection

Mayan Deities
Mayan deities, represented on a vase from Chama

Cape fox with ostrich egg
Cape fox, Vulpes chama (Cama fox, Vulpes caama). With ostrich egg. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches

Heart cockle, Glossus humanus (Heart chama shell, Chama cor). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw

Jewel box clam, embossed horn, miter, volute
Various shells: Jewel box clam, Chama squamata 1, embossed horn shell, 2, miter, Mitra mitra (Mitra episcopalis) 3, volute sea snail, Voluta musicalis 4, agate volute 5, groene zilvermond 6

Variety of colorful shells including Cardium, Etheria, Tridacna and Chama shells.. Handcolored engraving from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Cape fox, cama fox or silver-backed fox, Vulpes chama.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

Ornately tiled Arab bath, Jerusalem
An ornately tiled Arab bath, Jerusalem. Date: 1920s

Various Shells 1835
A selection of chama shells. Date: 1835

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