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Necklace with leaf-shaped beads
Necklace with leaf-shaped beads

Necklace with leaf-shaped beads

50–320
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
FindspotMeroe, Nubia, Sudan
Medium/TechniqueCarnelian, travertine (Egyptian alabaster), and obsidian
DimensionsLength x width: 42.5 x 4.5 cm (16 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number23.367
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. West 453. 1923: 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 unknown)