Girdle with Cowrie Shells

Unknown Artist

ca. 1850–1700 B. C.

Girdle with Cowrie Shells by Unknown Artist

Medium

Electrum over plaster, carnelian, amethyst

Dimensions

L. 66 cm (26 in.); (L. of shells): 2.5 cm (1 in.)

Classification

Girdle

Period

Late Middle Kingdom

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1913

Accession Number

13.180.11

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