Cowrie and Wadjet Girdle (Primary Title)
Cowrie and Wedjet Girdle (Former Title)

Unknown (Artist)

2025–1760 BC
Egyptian
Shell, faience, bronze, restrung on silk thread
Place Made,Egypt
Overall: 21 3/4 × 9/16 × 5/16 in. (55.25 × 1.43 × 0.79 cm)
2018.42
Dynasty 11-12
Middle Kingdom
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment
Gustavianum Museum, Uppsala University, Sweden, 1992 - 2015

Edinburg Museum of Art and Industries, 1921 - 1992
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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