Amulet. Cowrie shell, large, cream coloured with a yellow stripe running across the curved upper surface. Some loss to the top of the shell. [ASh [OPS move] 21/12/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet. Cowrie shell, large, cream coloured with a yellow stripe running across the curved upper surface. Some loss to the top of the shell. [ASh [OPS move] 21/12/2017]
Geographical reference: Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt
Person: Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Cowrie Shell
Dimensions: Depth: max 13 mm, Width: max 18 mm, Length: max 24 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.54.3363 Other numbers: 41

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