Six cowrie shell beads; cream and white; good condition.
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- ID
- MFAB_11.994
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- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Beads
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- Findspot
- Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room J2)
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- Material
- Shell
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- Dimensions
- Legacy dimension: .115 L.
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA
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- Period
- Greco-Roman Period
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- 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)
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- Problems/Questions
- Problem: provenance unverified (shells unlocated in inventory cannot be compared to relevant expedition photos)
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- Site Name Menkaure Pyramid Complex
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