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Coiled hair mass

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGiraffe hair
DimensionsOverall: 18 x 24 cm (7 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1491
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsOrganic remains
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K 439-2. December 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
Giraffe hair bracelet
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Two bracelets
about 1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.