Cowrie shell (c.annulus)
Height: 0.025 m
Method of acquisition: Given (1921) by Oxford Expedition to Nubia (1912-13)
Production date: circa 750 BC
Accession number: E.109.1921
Primary reference Number: 52128
Oldadmincategory: Misc
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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