String of shells, 1 cylindrical bead, and 1 wedjat eye amulet
Object type: String of shells, 1 cylinderical bead, and 1 wedjat eye amulet
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Date: ca. 2030–1640 B.C.
Medium: Shell (Marine), feldspar, faience (blue)
Dimensions: L. 59 cm (23 1/4 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: East of Pabasa, Radim
Locus: Burial 6A.X.B23
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1918–19
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1919
Accession year: 1919