Cowrie-shell beads from a girdle
Object type: Bead, cowrie shell, girdle
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 12–17
Date: ca. 1981–1550 B.C.
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: L. of each bead 2.5 cm (1 in.); W. 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt  
Credit line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Accession year: 1930