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Shell pendant

2400–1700 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueShell, leather
DimensionsOverall: 9.6 x 8.3 x 0.3 cm (3 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number16-4-1440
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma, KN152 -2. 1914: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.