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Barrel bead

Medium/TechniqueAgate
DimensionsOverall: 0.3 x 1.2 cm (1/8 x 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.829
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
Necklace
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Cylindrical bead
2400–1550 B.C.
Barrel bead
743–712 B.C.
Bracelet
A.D. 364–476
Beads
late 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D.
String of beads
664–525 B.C.
String of beads
332 B.C.–337 A.D.