Fragment of a shell with a sculpted female head
Object type: Sculpture
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Period: Iron Age II
Date: ca. 7th century BCE
Medium: Shell (Tridacna squamosa)
Dimensions: 1 13/16 in. × 3 1/8 in. × 2 in. (4.6 × 8 × 5.1 cm)
Classification: Shell-Vessels
Geography:      Levant or Mesopotamia 
Credit line: Gift of Walter Hauser, 1955
Accession year: 1955
Tags: Heads