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Shell with traces of blue paint

Shell with traces of blue paint

622–999

Medium: Shell; lapis lazuli pigment
Dimensions: H. 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm) W. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) Th. 5/16 in. (0.8 cm)
Genre: Ivories and bone
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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