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Belt with a glazed quartz pendant
Belt with a glazed quartz pendant

Belt with a glazed quartz pendant

1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueFaience, glazed quartz
DimensionsLength: 74 cm (29 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1729
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, K X B-61. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of the Sudan.
(Accession date: March 1, 1920)
Beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Various beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Various beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
String of beads
4200–3250 B.
String of  ball beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Blue-glazed quartz beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
2400–1550 B.C.
String of ball beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Pendants
1700–1550 B.C.