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Shell pendant or bead

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Shell pendant or bead

Shell pendant or bead

Shell pendant or bead

Shell pendant or bead

Shell pendant or bead

Shell pendant or bead

Shell pendant or bead

Shell pendant or bead

Shell pendant or bead

Shell pendant or bead

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Shell pendant or bead

Period:: Predynastic Period
Date:: ca. 3850–2960 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt
Medium:: Shell
Credit Line:: Gift of Bashford Dean, 1916
Accession Number:: 16.7.41

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Provenance

Donated to the Museum by Bashford Dean, 1916.
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8000-2000 B.C. (3,791)
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