Title: String of cowrie shells
Object type: Shells, string
Date: ca. 1070–343 B.C.
Period: Third Intermediate Period–Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 21–30
Medium: Cowrie shell
Dimensions: L 47.7 cm (18 3/4 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1931
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri Middle Terrace Late Dynastic intrusive burials MMA excavations 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY