3D model of a pipe bowl that is made from a murex snail shell which is part of the Uetz collection. Karl Uetz (1914–1998) was a private collector and owner of a large mollusc collection. In addition to thousands of snail and mussel shells, the collection also contains approximately 200 art and everyday objects as well as ethnographic objects. The collection was purchased by the NHM in 1974 and digitised in 2025. **Object**: Pfeifenkopf aus Stachelschnecke **Inventory number**: NHMW-ZOO-MO-0081100-ETH-051a **Collection**: NHMW, 3rd Zoological Dept., Collection Mollusca (curator: Anita Eschner) Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm.at/en). Text by A.Eschner Scanned & edited by M.Preslmayr & A.Haider(NHMW) Scanner: Artec Space Spider Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the [BMWKMS](https://www.bmwkms.gv.at/).