Cowrie shell
[Cowrie] shell (cf. 24-11-285).
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_24-11-490
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_24-11-490; 24-11-490
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Miscellaneous
- Period
- New Kingdom - Late Period
- Entry Date
- 11/13/1924
- Title
- Cowrie shell
- Medium
- Shell
- Dimensions
- Width: 1.3 cm Length: 1.8 cm Thickness: .7 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- [Avenue G 1], debris N of subsidiary pyramid G I-b
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified