Jewelry element: faience imitation cowrie shell bead
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7000, street G 7400, street G 7200, G 7000 SW 8, G 7141, G 7130-7140, avenue G 3, G 7522, avenue G 1, G 7060
Faience bead, made in imitation of cowrie shell; green glaze, lines incised.
Illustration: Yes
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_26-1-590
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_26-1-590; 26-1-590
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Beads
- Entry Date
- 01/16/1926
- Title
- Jewelry element: faience imitation cowrie shell bead
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Length: 2.8 cm Diameter: 1.35 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Street G 7000, E of mastaba G 7050