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Shells - cowrie

Shells - cowrie
 1540 BCE-1296 BCE

Medium
shell
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1915
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
shell
Measurements
(a-t) 0.4 × 2.0 × 1.6 cm (each)
Place/s of Execution
Egypt
Inscription
none
Accession Number
1766.a-t-D3
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1915
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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