Cowrie shells
Five cowrie shells.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_47.2069
- Alternate IDs
- 47.2069; MFAB_47.2069
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Beads
- Title
- Cowrie shells
- Medium
- Shell
- Dimensions
- Overall: 1.1 x 1.6 cm (7/16 x 5/8 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room J1 = pillared hall 27, debris)
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.