Silver sheet imitation cowrie shell
[Cowrie] shell in silver sheeting.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1
Details
- ID
- EMC_JE_56968
- Alternate IDs
- EMC_JE_56968; JE_56968; HUMFA_29-12-240f (3); 29-12-240f (3); EMC_SR_7/5175; SR_7/5175
- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Entry Date
- [12/13/1929]
- Title
- Silver sheet imitation cowrie shell
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
- Length 1.25 cm
- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Provenance
- Pit G 7762 S, small body in coffin, right wrist and fingers on right hand
- Notes
- Eight silver cowrie shells originally registered as HUMFA_29-12-240f (3); five in collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (unaccessioned), two in Egyptian Museum, Cairo (EMC_JE_56966 and EMC_JE_56968), location of eighth unknown.
- Remarks
- Coffin and mummy (29-12-240) were removed from burial chamber on December 13 (see diary Vol.24.p.1000).