Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
August 27, 1822
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 120
Notes:
Nummulites are the shells of the fossil and present-day marine protozoan. The word is a diminutive form of the Latin nummulus meaning "little coin," a reference to their shape.
William Wood was the manager of the Peales' Baltimore Museum.
