Oyster shell
        
        Collected on Thursday Islands (Australia) by Capt H.J.O. Millar while in command of HMS Torch 1903-5. In 1903 HMS 'Torch' took Major General Edward Hutton (1848-1923) to British New Guinea via Thursday Island to carry out an inspection of imperial defences.
              
      
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA2997 | 
|---|---|
| Collection: | World Cultures | 
| Type: | Oyster shell | 
| Display location: | Not on display | 
| Vessels: | Torch (1894) | 
| Date made: | 1903-05; 1903-1905 | 
| People: | Millar, Herbert James Ogilvy | 
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London | 
| Measurements: | Overall: 35 x 165 x 145 mm | 
