Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Hepy, String of cowrie shells
Description
Shell (Marine), Nacre, Pearl
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A necklace composed of cowrie shells strung together.
The artifact is a necklace consisting of several cowrie shells, each of which has been pierced to allow for stringing. The shells are arranged in a sequence and appear to be natural and unaltered aside from the perforations. The colors of the shells vary slightly, suggesting some age or natural variation.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
shell
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281277 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 34.1.142 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546445 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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