I wondered about that, too, John.

Given the carefully-crafted prose accompanying the figure, my guess is that the original image was "flipped." Harry

At 03:04 PM 12/8/2009, you wrote: >the link to the Museum of Natural History leads to a nice picture, >but the discription of it states it is a sinstral specimen, and, >unless the photo was reversed, it looks dextral, yes? > >- John > > > > > Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 13:20:55 -0600 > > From: lionslair@CONSOLIDATED.NET > > Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Chank trumpet > > To: CONCH-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > > > > Worse comes to worse you could visit or borrow from American Museum of > > Natural History > > in Central Park West, New York NY. > > 212-769-5100 > > > http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/expeditions/treasure_fossil/Treasures/Chank_Shell_Trumpet/trumpet.html?50 > > > > Martin > > > > Paul Callomon wrote: > > > Folks, > > > > > > I would like to borrow a Hindu chank trumpet to photograph for a > > > little project I'm doing. What I have in mind is a full-size one > > > rather than the little ones that go for a hundred bucks or so. The big > > > ones are usually over a foot long, as they've had a mouthpiece added > > > to the top of the spire and a "tail" to the end of the canal. I'd like > > > to photograph one that has as much as possible in the way of elaborate > > > silver embellishments, blue and red stones and Sanskrit characters. > > > So: does anyone have one, either in their own collection or at their > > > institution, that I might be able to snap a few pictures of? I can't > > > pay for the image, but will cover the cost of FedEx or UPS transport > > > both ways for it. > > > Incidentally, beware of huge sinistral chank trumpets with angular > > > apertures and no columellar folds. These are made in India using > > > Busycon shells from the eastern USA! They're being offered on the Web > > > to the unwary... > > > > > > PC. > > > > > > > > > Paul Callomon > > > Collections Manager > > > Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General Invertebrates > > > Department of Malacology > > > Academy of Natural Sciences > > > 1900 Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA > > > Tel 215-405-5096 > > > Fax 215-299-1170 > > > > -- > > Martin H. Eastburn > > @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net > > "Our Republic and the Press will Rise or Fall Together": Joseph Pulitzer > > TSRA: Endowed; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal. > > NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Charter Founder > > IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member. http://lufkinced.com/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > CONCH-L@listserv.uga.edu - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs > > To leave this list, click on the following web link: > > http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 > > Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and > > click leave the list. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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