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String of cowrie shells

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple

Twenty-five cowrie shells strung together; white and cream; good condition. [07-2-101]

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_11.1024
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Jewelry & adornment-Beads
  • Findspot
    Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room J1 = pillared hall 27, between pillars 2 and 3 / Lot d)
  • Material
    Shell
  • Dimensions
    Overall: 45.4 cm (17 7/8 in.)
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Period
    Greco-Roman Period, Roman Imperial
  • Date of Register Entry
    30 B.C. – A.D. 364
  • Notes
    This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)
  • Remarks
    Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1907.

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Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 261.