String of small bivalve and snail shells
Object type: Shells, string, bivalve, snail
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Date: ca. 2050–1981 B.C.
Medium: Shells
Dimensions: Approximate L. for each shell: 2 cm (13/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Tomb MMA 109
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1927
Accession year: 1927