- OSTRICH SHELL
- A highly prized and decorated product much employed in the Orientalizing period, most notably at sites such as Quinto Fiorentino and Pitino.See also TRADE.
Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans. Simon K. F. Stoddart.
OSTRICH SHELL
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