Cowrie shell beads
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueShell and Silver
DimensionsOverall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number29-12-240f3
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Giza, G 7762 shaft S, on top of large wooden anthropoid coffin; right hand. 1929: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
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.