Worked Shell Vessel

Worked Shell Vessel, between 4000 and 3000 BCE

  • Egyptian

Shell, worked

  • Overall: 1 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (3.2 × 8.3 cm)

Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900-1902

1990.339

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

  • Curved
  • Predynastic
  • Shell
  • Vessel
  • Worn

Details

found in (Fayum, Egypt)

1900-1902, gifted by the Egypt Exploration Fund

1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Egyptian, Worked Shell Vessel, between 4000 and 3000 BCE, shell, worked. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900-1902, 1990.339.

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