Digital Giza | Cowrie shells

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7762

[Eleven] cowrie shells; [two] silver stained. Illustration: No

ID

HUMFA_29-12-240h (1)
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Jewelry & adornment-Miscellaneous
Findspot

Pit G 7762 S, small body in coffin, ankles
Material

Shell
Dimensions

Length: average: 1.8 cm
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Object Ownership Information

MFA
Date of Register Entry

[12/13/1929]
Notes

12 cowrie shells registered as HUMFA_29-12-240h (1); 11 in collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (unaccessioned), one in Egyptian Museum, Cairo (EMC_JE_56965).
Remarks

Coffin and mummy (29-12-240) were removed from burial chamber on December 13 (see diary Vol.24.p.1000).

Cowrie shells