String of shells and beads
Predynastic Period, Naqada III 3200 BCE-3000 BCE
Medium
shell, carnelian
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Guy Brunton, 1932
Gallery location
Not on display
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