shell necklace

MAC GIR-107294

Object type necklace

Culture/period Prehistory

Materials shell, bone

Technique carving

Mint

Production date -19000 / -16000

Seu Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Girona

Current location MASPG

Archaeological site Cau de les Goges

Township Sant Julià de Ramis (Gironès)

Dimensions 160 x 6 mm

Description

Necklace made from mollusc shells in the Dentaliidae (Dentalium) and Turbinidae (Turbo) families and a pierced deer canine tooth. It is made up of 28 Dentalium shells, together with nine Turbo snail shells and the deer tooth, also perforated.

Omeka ID 224