Cowrie shells
FindspotGebel Barkal, Nubia
Medium/TechniqueShell
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number19.1711
On View
Not on viewClassificationsOrganic remains
Collections
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.
about 690–664 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.