Cowrie shells
[Eleven] cowrie shells; [two] silver stained.
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_29-12-240h (1)
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_29-12-240h (1); HUMFA_29-12-240h(1); 29-12-240h (1)
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Miscellaneous
- Entry Date
- [12/13/1929]
- Title
- Cowrie shells
- Medium
- Shell
- Dimensions
- Length: average: 1.8 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 7762 S, small body in coffin, ankles
- Notes
- 12 cowrie shells registered as HUMFA_29-12-240h (1); 11 in collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (unaccessioned), one in Egyptian Museum, Cairo (EMC_JE_56965).
- Remarks
- Coffin and mummy (29-12-240) were removed from burial chamber on December 13 (see diary Vol.24.p.1000).