Fourteen pendants for a necklace

Middle Kingdom

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These fourteen pendants are unique. Each pendant was created by fashioning a flat oval cut from the upper surface of a marine shell, probably in the family Neritidae. Each piece of shell was then set into a flat piece of silver with a loop at the top.

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Jewelry from the Haraga Treasure, United at the Met

Fourteen pendants for a necklace, Silver and shell

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Fourteen pendants for a necklace, Silver and shell
Fourteen pendants for a necklace, Silver and shell
Fourteen pendants for a necklace, Silver and shell

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