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1. Beads

Museum number:: 6-22109
Culture or time period:: 19th Dynasty of Egypt (1295–1186 BC), 20th Dynasty of Egypt (1186–1069 BC), and 21st Dynasty of Egypt (1069–945 BC)
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Collector:: George Andrew Reisner
Collection place:: Tomb 553, Cemetery 500, El Ahaiwah
Collection date:: 1900

2. Shell

Museum number:: 6-9091
Culture or time period:: 18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC) and 19th Dynasty of Egypt (1295–1186 BC)
Object class:: Shell samples
Collector:: George Andrew Reisner
Collection place:: Uncertain tomb and cemetery, Deir el-Ballas, Upper Egypt
Collection date:: 1900-1901

3. Shell

Museum number:: 6-2500
Culture or time period:: 6th Dynasty of Egypt (2345–2181 BC), 7th & 8th Dynasties of Egypt (2181–2160 BC), and 9th & 10th Dynasties of Egypt (2160–2055 BC)
Object class:: Shell samples
Collector:: George Andrew Reisner
Collection place:: Tomb 4746 (1246), Cemetery 3500, Naga-ed-Der
Collection date:: 1901

4. Shell beads

Museum number:: 6-10477
Culture or time period:: 5th Dynasty of Egypt (2494–2345 BC) and 6th Dynasty of Egypt (2345–2181 BC)
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Collector:: George Andrew Reisner
Collection place:: Tomb 505, Cemetery 500, Naga-ed-Der
Collection date:: 1901-1903

5. Worked shell

Museum number:: 6-20600
Culture or time period:: 18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC), 19th Dynasty of Egypt (1295–1186 BC), and 20th Dynasty of Egypt (1186–1069 BC)
Collector:: Arthur S. Hunt and Bernard P. Grenfell
Collection place:: Cemetery 2, Tebtunis, Faiyum region
Collection date:: 1899-1900