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: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Chank trumpet
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > 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
> >
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