Title: Fragment of a shell with a sculpted female head
Object type: Sculpture
Date: ca. 7th century BCE
Period: Iron Age II
Medium: Shell (Tridacna squamosa)
Dimensions: 1 13/16 in. × 3 1/8 in. × 2 in. (4.6 × 8 × 5.1 cm)
Credit line: Gift of Walter Hauser, 1955
Geography:      Levant or Mesopotamia     
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Heads