Title: Bead spreader
Object type: Bead spreader
Date: ca. 2900–2350 BCE
Culture: Sumerian
Period: Early Dynastic
Medium: Shell
Dimensions: 0.24 x 0.31 x 0.87 in. (0.61 x 0.79 x 2.21 cm)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1959
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nippur    
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY