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Two bracelets

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGiraffe hair
DimensionsDiameter: 7.6 cm (3 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1788
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, tumulus K X-B. 1914: 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: March 1, 1920)
Giraffe hair bracelet
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Hair, rug-cloth, etc. 14-2-867 (=MFA 20.1483), 13-12-975 (giraffe hair) (=MFA 20.1491), 14-3-10…
about 1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
Ring beads
2400–1550 B.C.
Male figurine
Naqada II (Gerzean) 3650–3300 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.