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Shell Necklace

Maker
DatePredynastic
GeographyDayr al Baḩrī, Sūhāj, Egypt, Africa
MediumShell (cowrie)
Dimensionsoverall (approx.): 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Egypt Exploration Fund
Object number1911.101
Status
Not on view
Vessel
Fon
Vessel
20th century
Object number: 2016.178a-b
Blue beads strung together as a necklace
Egyptian
Blue beads strung together as a necklace
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1550-1298 B.C.E.
Object number: 1907.9
Ancestor Mask
New Guinea
Ancestor Mask
Object number: 1997.32
Pi pisuwe (Cassowary bone dagger)
New Guinea
Pi pisuwe (Cassowary bone dagger)
Object number: 1997.35
Necklace with Fertility Figure
Roman
Necklace with Fertility Figure
Object number: 1965.50n
Zapotec Conch Shell Trumpet
Mexican
Zapotec Conch Shell Trumpet
550-950 C.E.
Object number: 1986.178
Kylix: Stylized shell design
Greek
Kylix: Stylized shell design
Mycenaean period, ca. 1350 B.C.E.
Object number: 1970.26
Alabastron
Egyptian
Alabastron
Late period, ca. 664-332 B.C.E.
Object number: 1991.113
Fragment of a sarcophagus
Egyptian
Fragment of a sarcophagus
Roman Period, 30 B.C.E.-641 C.E.
Object number: 1986.193.1
Fragment of a sarcophagus
Egyptian
Fragment of a sarcophagus
Roman Period, 30 B.C.E.-641 C.E.
Object number: 1986.193.2
Fragment of a sarcophagus: Anubis between attendants
Egyptian
Fragment of a sarcophagus: Anubis between attendants
Roman Period, 30 B.C.E.-641 C.E.
Object number: 1986.193.3
Horus Pendant
Egyptian
Horus Pendant
28th-30th Dynasty, 404-343 B.C.E.
Object number: 1994.61