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1. 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

2. 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

3. Shell

Museum number:
1-62951
Object class:
Shell samples
Dimensions:
length 44 millimeters
Collector:
Walter D. Weymouth
Collection place:
CA-Sha-20, Shasta County, California
Collection date:
June-August 1942
Taxon:
Cypraea

4. Shells and shell fragments

Museum number:
1-6707
Object class:
Fragments (object portions) and Shell samples
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection place:
CA-SRI-31, Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands
Collection date:
1901