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String of melon beads

1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueFaience
DimensionsDiameter and length: 3.8 x 44 cm (1 1/2 x 17 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1720
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan): Kerma, K 332-x.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)