Crocodule amulet

Museum number:
5-7396
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2442
Description:
Amulet. Crocodile with tail tightly coiled. Light blue stone. Pierced laterally. Length 1.18 cm. Width 7.3 mm. Depth 4.7 mm.
Donor:
Kathryn G. Overstreet
Collection place:
Uncertain site, Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Egypt unknown
Collector:
Roy Overstreet
Collection date:
before 1968
Materials:
Stone (worked rock)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Amulets, Baskets (containers), and Coiled weaving
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Crocodule amulet, accession number 5-7396, described as Amulet. Crocodile with tail tightly coiled. Light blue stone. Pierced laterally. Length 1.18 cm. Width 7.3 mm. Depth 4.7 mm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Crocodule amulet, accession number 5-7396, described as Amulet. Crocodile with tail tightly coiled. Light blue stone. Pierced laterally. Length 1.18 cm. Width 7.3 mm. Depth 4.7 mm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Crocodule amulet, accession number 5-7396, described as Amulet. Crocodile with tail tightly coiled. Light blue stone. Pierced laterally. Length 1.18 cm. Width 7.3 mm. Depth 4.7 mm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Crocodule amulet, accession number 5-7396, described as Amulet. Crocodile with tail tightly coiled. Light blue stone. Pierced laterally. Length 1.18 cm. Width 7.3 mm. Depth 4.7 mm.

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