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Six cowrie shells

FindspotGebel Barkal, Nubia
Medium/TechniqueShell
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number19.1678
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsOrganic remains
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal, B 200. 1919: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Yellow shell
Yellow shell
1700–1550 B.C.
Shell
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Shell
Shell
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Shell
2323–2040 B.C.
Bivalve shell
Bivalve shell
2040–1640 B.C.
Piece of a molusk shell
820–800 B.C.
Shell fragment
Cowrie shells
Spiral shell
Shell fragments
about 690–664 B.C.
Fragment of shell
750–250 B.C.
Shell, oyster or clam