Title: String of Ancillaria shells
Object type: Shells, string
Date: ca. 4400–3800 B.C.
Period: Predynastic, Badarian
Medium: Shell
Dimensions: L. 16 cm (6 5/16 in)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1932
Geography: From    Egypt Northern Upper Egypt Matmar Cemetery 3100 Thrown out of grave BSAE/Brunton excavations, 1931 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY