Cowrie shell amulet
Object type: Cowrie shell amulet
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 12–17
Date: ca. 1981–1550 B.C.
Medium: Diorite
Dimensions: L. 2.5 × W. 1.5 cm (1 × 9/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt  
Credit line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Accession year: 1930