String of stone and shell beads
3850–3650 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
FindspotNaga el-Hai (Qena), Egypt
Medium/TechniqueOlivine, black steatite, and shell beads
DimensionsLength x diameter: 72 x 1.2 cm (28 3/8 x 1/2 in.) (largest bead)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.3513
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Naga el-Hai (Qena), tomb K 517. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
(Accession date: December 4, 1913)
(Accession date: December 4, 1913)
about 1920s
about 1900
1965–70s
about 1965–70s
late 20th century
late 20th century
Badarian, 4500–3800 B.C.
Naqada I–III 3850–2960 B.C.
around 1860