Clam shell
Object type: Clam shell
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 17–Early Dynasty 18
Date: ca. 1635–1458 B.C.
Medium: Freshwater pearl mussel
Dimensions: L. 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Courtyard CC 41, Tomb R 3
Locus: Burial C 4, In coffin
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1915–16
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1916
Accession year: 1916