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String of carnelian and faience beads

4200–3250 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
Medium/TechniqueCarnelian; faience
DimensionsLength: 18 cm, Diameter 1.3 cm (largest bead)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.1025b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed). 1910: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; March 2, 1911: assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.