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Shown here are seven of a group of seventeen tear-shaped amber beads that resemble simplified cowrie shells. They vary in color and size. Each has one flat side and is scored with a groove that runs the length of the bead. The other side is slightly convex. All are perforated at the narrow end.
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Title: Pendants: cowrie shells
Period: Classical
Date: 6th–5th century BCE
Culture: Italic
Medium: Amber
Dimensions: Other (1.8cm to 5.5 cm): 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)
Classification: Miscellaneous-Amber
Credit Line: Purchase, Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer, Patti Cadby Birch and The Joseph Rosen Foundation Inc. Gifts, and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1992
Accession Number: 1992.11.42a–q
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