Economic Botany Artifacts, Prints and Posters Artifacts from the Nash Lecture Hall Biological Museum, Harvard University Amber

Economic Botany Artifacts, Prints and Posters
Amber and Amberoid Collection

Container List:

Series I: Amber and Amberoid
Series II: Ivory & Silver
Series III: Potato Prints
Series IV: German Botany Teaching Posters
Series V: Maps, Posters, Prints, and Photographs
Series VI:Lacquer

Series I : Amber & Amberoid
Part III

Amber, part I
Amber, part II
Amber, part IIII

Box	Accession Number	Genus	Specific Epithet	Description	Barcode	Common Name	General Comments
3	3760	Pinites	succinifer	Six pipe stems carved of amber, one broken in half, sizes ranging from ca. 7 x 1 cm to 6 x .75 cm	00201037	amberoid	Oakes Ames Collection, Index states that there are 10 pieces not 1
3	3761	Pinites	succinifer	One flat rectangle of Baltic amberoid ca. 5.25 x 3 cm	00201523	amberoid	Oakes Ames Collection
3	3762	Pinites	succinifer	Four pipe stems carved of amber, ca. 9.5 x 1 cm, 8 x 1.5 cm, 7.25 x 1.25 cm, and 6.5 x 1 cm	00201036	amberoid	Oakes Ames Collection, Index states that there are 4 pieces not 1
3	3766	Pinites	succinifer	Four pieces of raw amber, likely Mexican amber, ranging from ca. 3.5 x 1.75 x 1.25 cm to 2 x 1 x 1 cm	00201357	Mexican amber ?	Oakes Ames Collection, A. M. Sussman obtained this in New York from a man when one had a consignment of Mexican amber, this material is supposed to be some of it.
Safe	3767	Pinites	succinifer	One carved piece of opaque light colored amber in likeness of President Eliot, ca. 3.5 x 2 x .75 cm	00201465	Baltic amber	Oakes Ames Collection
3	3768	Pinites	succinifer	Two pieces of amberoid, partly worked for use as pipe mouthpieces (?), both tapered at one end ca. 7 x 1.25 x 1.25 cm	00201476	amberoid	Oakes Ames Collection
3	4487	Pinites	succinifer	One piece of Baltic amber carved into oval with branch and bird motif, Chinese workmanship, ca. 6 x 4.5 cm	00201150	Baltic amber	Oakes Ames Collection, from O. Ames World Cruise in 1930
3	4488	Pinites	succinifer	One piece of Baltic amber, flat oval piece carved with bird and flower images, Chinese workmanship, 10 small holes through the piece, ca. 6 x 4 cm	00201146	Baltic amber	Oakes Ames Collection, from O. Ames World Cruise in 1930
3	4489	Pinites	succinifer	One napkin ring carved from Baltic amber, Chinese workmanship, ca. 3.5 x 3 x 3 cm	00201473	Baltic amber	Oakes Ames Collection, from O. Ames World Cruise in 1930
3	4490	Pinites	succinifer	One piece of amber worked into pendant with grape and bird design, ca. 6.5 x 4 x 1 cm, Chinese workmanship	00201148	Baltic amber	Oakes Ames Collection, obtained on O. Ames world cruise
3	4491	Pinites	succinifer	One oval carved piece of Baltic amber with image of bird, Chinese workmanship, ca. 7 x 4 x 1.25 cm	00201474	Baltic amber	Oakes Ames Collection, from O. Ames World Cruise in 1930
3	4492 (?)	Pinites	succinifer	Small carved ornament of medium colored amber in the shape of branch with two Buddha's hands and two flowers, ca. 5 x 4 x 1.5 cm	00201462	Baltic amber	Oakes Ames Collection, from O. Ames World Cruise in 1930

Box	Accession Number	Genus	Specific Epithet	Description	Barcode	Common Name	General Comments
4	4546	Pinites	succinifer	35 amber drops from 1 x 1 x 1 cm to 4 x 2 x 1.5 cm	00201348	Baltic amber
4	4547	Pinites	succinifer	Many pieces of amber and wood ranging from 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm to small fragments	00201521	Baltic amber
4	4548	Pinites	succinifer	Many pieces of polished and semi-polished amber, ranging from 6.5 x 3 x 1 cm to 1 x .5 x .5 cm	00201190	amber
4	4549	Pinites	succinifer	Four pieces of oxidized Baltic amber, ranging from 7 x 4 x 2.5 cm to 3 x 2 x 1 cm	00201553	Baltic amber
4	4550	Pinites	succinifer	6 partially polished flat pieces of amber, ranging in size from 6.5 x 4 x .5 cm to 4 x 2.5 x 1 cm	00201347	Baltic amber
4	4551	Pinites	succinifer	Many pieces of raw Baltic amber in fossilized wood, ranging from 4 x 2 x 1 to small fragments	00201554	Baltic amber
4	4552	Pinites	succinifer	8 pieces: 7 pieces of raw Baltic amber, some with fossilized wood, ranging from 9.5 x 3.5 x 1 cm to 2 x 1 x .25 cm, one piece of polished amber	00201555	Baltic amber
4	4553	Pinites	succinifer	Eleven pieces of Baltic amber of varying color from deep red to golden yellow, some partially polished, chunks ranging from 4 x 3 cm to 8.5 x 5 cm	00201133	Baltic amber
4	4554	Pinites	succinifer	13 pieces: 2 cut and partially polished Baltic amber, 11 pieces of raw amber, ranging from 10 x 8 x 4 cm to 2 x 1 x .5 cm	00201556	Baltic amber
4	4555	Pinites	succinifer	17 pieces of Baltic amber of various colors and sizes, ranging from 1.5 x 1 x 1 cm to 8 x 3.6 x 4.5 cm	00201356	Baltic amber
4	4556	Pinites	succinifer	Six pieces of rough Baltic amber, 1 large ca. 8 x 7 x 2 cm, 5 smaller broken pieces from ca. 2.5 x 1.5 cm to 5 x 2 cm	00201138	Baltic amber
4	4557	Pinites	succinifer	One unworked piece of Baltic (?) amber, ca. 9 x 6 x 5.5 cm	00201039	Baltic amber

Box	Accession Number	Genus	Specific Epithet	Description	Barcode	Common Name	General Comments
4	4558	Pinites	succinifer	Five pieces: four pieces of Baltic amber, one rough 11 x 6.5 x 2.5 cm, three slightly worked from 6 x 2.5 cm to 3.5 x .5 cm, all medium dark color; one piece of Baltic amber, ca. 15 x 5.5 x 3 cm	00201137	Baltic amber
4	4562	Pinites	succinifer	11 pieces of Baltic amber, 9 rough pieces ranging from ca. 9.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm to 3.5 x .5 cm, 1 spherical bead ca. 2 cm, 1 partially polished piece ca. 5.5 x 2 x 2 cm	00201139	Baltic amber
4	4566	Pinites	succinifer	1 piece of raw amber	00201353	amber	"Looks somewhat different from Prussian amber, nevertheless it may be from Prussia" - from card index
4	4581	Pinites	succinifer	3 pieces of raw amber and many small fragments, 3 pieces measuring 5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, 6.5 x 3 x 1 cm and 4.5 x 4 x 1.5 cm	0201557	amber
4	4582	Pinites	succinifer	One piece of raw amber with two small pieces broken off and retained, 3.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm	00201558	amber	"Amber with a sertularia" - from card index
4	4588	Pinites	succinifer	Five pieces: 4 flattened beads carved from amber, ranging from 4.5 x 1.5 cm to 1 x .75 cm; and one piece of unworked amber	00201559	amber
4	5017			Part of Persian water pipe handle, probably made of amber?, ca. 13.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm	00201470	amber ?
4	7426			Very small carved figure of amber, ca. 2.5 x 1 x .5 cm	00201469	amber ?	Fossilized resin of Leguminosae ? Obtained from Heinz E. Lehmann, Douglas Hospital, Montreal 204, Canada
Safe	Fossil	Pinites	succinifer	Chunk of clear and cloudy amber	00200088	amber	"An ordinary piece of clear and cloudy amber containing foreign substances"
Safe	Fossil	Pinites	succinifer	Oval facetted bead of amber	00200090	amber
Safe	Fossil	Pinites	succinifer	Two pipe mouthpieces (?) carved from amber	00200099	amber
Safe	Fossil	Pinites	succinifer	Drop of amber as it came from the tree	00200100	amber

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