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Textile

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGiraffe hair?
DimensionsOverall: 2.5 x 4 x 0.2 cm (1 x 1 9/16 x 1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1427
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K 333-10. February 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
Giraffe hair bracelet
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Two bracelets
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.
2400–1550 B.C.
Group shot: 2000.971.18a-e, 2000.971.19a-b
Bru Jeune et Cie.
1870s
Male figurine
Naqada II (Gerzean) 3650–3300 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.