Cowrie shell
Small [cowrie] shell (cf. 24-11-285).
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_24-11-330
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_24-11-330; 24-11-330
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Miscellaneous
- Period
- New Kingdom - Late Period
- Entry Date
- 11/09/1924
- Title
- Cowrie shell
- Medium
- Shell
- Dimensions
- Height: .6 cm Width: 1.2 cm Length: 1.675 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 7131, debris
- 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
