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String of  ball beads
String of ball beads

String of ball beads

1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGlazed quartz
DimensionsDiameter and length: 0.6 x 35.7 cm (1/4 x 14 1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.3971
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, K X grave 1046 no.1. 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 Sudan.
(Accession Date: December 4, 1913)
String of beads
4200–3250 B.
Blue-glazed quartz beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
2400–1550 B.C.
String of ball beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Pendants
1700–1550 B.C.
Bead
1700–1550 B.C.
Various beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Various beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.