Girdle with Cowrie Shells
Object type: Girdle
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Late Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12, late–17
Date: ca. 1850–1700 B. C.
Medium: Electrum over plaster, carnelian, amethyst
Dimensions: L. 66 cm (26 in.); (L. of shells): 2.5 cm (1 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb MMA 840
Locus: pit in portico
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1912–13
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1913
Accession year: 1913