Mother-of-pearl shell adornment
Unknown Artist
ca. 7th–9th century CE
Medium
Shell (Mother-of-pearl)
Dimensions
1 1/16 x 1/8 in. (2.7 x 0.3 cm)
Classification
Shell-Ornaments
Culture
Alanic
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Jacqueline Simcox, 1999
Accession Number
1999.153.26