Nine Shell Jewelry Elements
Object type: Necklace elements, shell pendant group
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Second Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 15
Date: ca. 1648–1540 B.C.
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: necklace: l. 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in)
each element: h. 1.3 cm (1/2 in); w. 1 cm (3/8 in)
Geography: From|Possibly from  |  Egypt Eastern Delta 
Credit line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1968
Accession year: 1968