Cowrie shells
Sixteen small [cowrie] shells.
Illustration: Yes
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_24-11-285
- Alternate IDs
- 24-11-285; HUMFA_24-11-285
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Miscellaneous
- Entry Date
- 11/08/1924
- Title
- Cowrie shells
- Medium
- Shell
- Dimensions
- Width: average: 1.3 cm Length: average: 1.75 cm Thickness: average: .55 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 7131
- Bibliography
- Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978, p. 32.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
