Hair ornament
2400–2050 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueConch shell
DimensionsHeight x length x width: 3.9 x 1.9 x 0.4 cm (1 9/16 x 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.5428
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma: KN 7-X. 1915 : excavated by the Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of the Sudan.
(Accession date: Jue 28, 2013)
(Accession date: Jue 28, 2013)
20th century
A.D. 1425–1520
AD 550–850
1850–1900
about 1910
3850–3650 B.C.
30 B.C.–A.D 364
3850–3650 B.C.
2960–2770 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.