String of shells
Object type: Shells, string
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period
Date: ca. 1981–1550 B.C.
Medium: Shell (Marine), Nacre, Pearl
Dimensions: l. 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: Tomb of Nakht (493)
Locus: Pit 307
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1913–14
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1915
Accession year: 1915