String of shells
Object type: String of shells
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 25–26
Date: ca. 712–525 B.C.
Medium: Shell, fiber
Dimensions: L. 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Mentuhotep II, Court
Locus: among intrusive burials
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922