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Hair braids
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Hair braids

2400–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueHuman hair
DimensionsOverall: 1.5 x 5.5 cm (9/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1416
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ClassificationsOrganic remains
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K 1900 X. January 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.