Title: String of cowrie shell beads on fiber
Object type: Beads, shells, cowrie
Date: ca. 2030–1640 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom ?
Medium: Cowrie shells, fiber
Dimensions: L. 27 cm (10 5/8 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1932
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht South   MMA excavations 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY