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mollusc gamai

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Ger-my
English JS Main: 
mollusc gamai
English: 
Seven mollusks "Native name Wee-ang-i", "Native name Ger-my" and "Native name Won-ni", and at bottom centre under the middle shell "Native name "Goo-rung" ------ Seven shells of various shapes and sizes, arranged against a plain background with four on the top row and three below. Four of the shells are labelled with native names. At top left is a small mussel shell coloured brown overlaid with grey stripes. Next to that is a larger spiral-shaped shell, with its spire to the left and aperture to the right. Its exterior is coloured brown overlaid with pink and black detail, while the inside of the aperture is grey with blue stripes. Next is a pink shell in the shape of an inverted cone with a flat top, coloured pink, grey and white. At top right is a small shell with a grey-brown exterior with darker bands and a pale grey and blue top. At bottom left is a brown hairy shell with the operculum of the mollusk visible in the aperture, followed by a black mussel shell, and at bottom right a mottled grey and brown cone-shaped shell. The drawing is annotated in brown ink. Credits: The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category: 
fauna: marine and aquatic life
Source: 
Painters
Line: 
12390.2
Respelt: 
gamayi
Part of speech: 
noun
Source Details: 
INDIGENOUS NAMES IN WORKS BY THE PORT JACKSON PAINTER, THOMAS WATLING etc. Watling Collection, Natural History Museum, London Transcribed by Keith V. Smith 2002 Watling, Thomas, 1762-1814? -------------- NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON <[WebCat] Search The Natural History Museum's library catalogue> The 5-digit numbers are the picture identification numbers quoted near the end of each entry. --------- Most or all of the items with an indigenous word attached are in the JS PAINTERS ringbinder, arranged alphabelically by a JS ’no hyphens’ transcription. ========= NO PAINTERS FILE: This is the PENCIL line number (in JS ’Painters’ ringbinder) supplied by Keith Smith. the page numbers entered by JS
Comment: 
Watling Drawing - no. 390 : Seven Mollusks, native names "Wee-ang-i", "Ger-my", "Won-ni" and "Goo-rung" / Port Jackson Painter] Top row from left: 1. young Common Mussel; 2. Spengler Australwelk; 3. Tent Star Shell; 4. Trochowink. Bottom row from left: 5. Hairy Australwelk; 6. the Common Mussel; 7. Cone

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