Anklet

Description

Bangle of thick conus shell or stone, annular D-shaped in section: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Naqada, Predynastic, c.5500-3100 BC

Museum reference

A.1911.264

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Anklet

Production information

Unknown
Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Predynastic Period

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Conus shell

Physical description

Conus shell

Collection place(s)

Naqada, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Hilton Price Collection
Collector: Hilton Price, Frederick George, 1842 - 1909

Exhibitions

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

• Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland