Worked shell

Museum number:
6-17789
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21060017789
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
shell carved piece, serrated, perforated in middle, 1.4 cm
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 103, Cemetery 100, El Ahaiwah
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb 103
Culture or time period:
Naqada III/'Dynasty 0' (ca. 3200–3000 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1900
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Loans:
S2010-2011 #7: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (April 1, 2012–August 10, 2012)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Worked shell, accession number 6-17789, described as shell carved piece, serrated, perforated in middle, 1.4 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Worked shell, accession number 6-17789, described as shell carved piece, serrated, perforated in middle, 1.4 cm

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