Cowrie shell bead
Unknown Artist
ca. 1878–1840 B.C.
Medium
Gold
Dimensions
length of shell 3.7 cm (17/16 in)
Classification
Jewelry element, cowrie
Period
Middle Kingdom
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession Number
26.7.1338a