About the Artwork
Worked Shell Vessel
between 4000 and 3000 BCE
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Egyptian
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Shell, worked
Overall: 1 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (3.2 × 8.3 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900-1902
1990.339
Public Domain
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Provenance
found in (Fayum, Egypt);1900-1902, gifted by the Egypt Exploration Fund;
1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
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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