The Seashells of an Iconic Public Artwork: Diversity and Provenance of the Mollusks of the Watts Towers
The Watts Towers (WT), an iconic Los Angeles artwork created by Sabato Rodia in 1921–1954, is covered with mosaics whose elements include thousands of mollusk shells. Little is known about the diversity or sources of these shells. Here, we document the diversity of mollusk shells present in the WT a...
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| Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://www.jcms-journal.com/articles/177 |