© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Girona
Omeka ID 224
Cau de les Goges
Prehistory

shell necklace

MAC GIR-107294

Object type
necklace
Production date
-19000 / -16000
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Girona
Culture
Prehistory
Discovery location
Cau de les Goges
Materials
shell, bone
Township
Sant Julià de Ramis (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Girona, Gironès)
Technique
carving
Where is it?
MASPG
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.