Cowrie shell bead
Object type: bead, cowrie form
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12, late–early 13
Date: ca. 1850–1640 B.C.
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: L. 1.6 cm (5/8 in.); W. 0.9 cm (3/8 in.); Th. 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: cemetery south of the tomb of Senwosret (758)
Locus: Pit 607
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1907–08
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1909
Accession year: 1909