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Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum

Tortoise-Shell Fragment

ca. 4400-2675 B.C.E.

Maker Unknown

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Remains, Animal
Formatted Medium: Shell
Medium: shell
Period: Predynastic Period to Early Dynastic Period
Dimensions: Length, 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Departments: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Accession Number: 07.447.775
Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
Museum Location: This item is not on view

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