Shell pendant or bead

Predynastic Period

ca. 3850–2960 BCE

Not on view

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Title: Shell pendant or bead
Period: Predynastic Period
Date: ca. 3850–2960 BCE
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Shell
Credit Line: Gift of Bashford Dean, 1916
Object Number: 16.7.47
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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