Shell with wire ring

Unknown maker

Medium: Shell, copper alloy ring
Dimensions: Overall: 3 x 1 1/4 x 9/16 in. (7.6 x 3.2 x 1.5 cm) copper alloy wire ring: 3/16 x 13/16 in. (0.5 x 2.1 cm) chain and shell together: 8 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 9/16 in. (20.9 x 3.2 x 1.5 cm)
Culture: Frankish
Department: Medieval Art
Classification: Miscellaneous-Shell
Dated: 6th–7th century
Pixels: 1920 × 2560
SHA-256: 16849c1c42202932…
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License, verbatimCC0

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Open Access, Creative Commons Zero (CC0). Flagged isPublicDomain=true in the museum's own record.

Shell with wire ring. 6th–7th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.