String of Ancillaria shells
Object type: Shells, string
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Predynastic, Badarian
Date: ca. 4400–3800 B.C.
Medium: Shell
Dimensions: L. 16 cm (6 5/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Northern Upper Egypt Matmar
Locale: Cemetery 3100
Locus: Thrown out of grave
Excavation: BSAE/Brunton excavations, 1931
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1932
Accession year: 1932