Beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
FindspotGammai, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueAmazonite (?)
DimensionsOverall: 118 cm (46 7/16 in.) - length of necklace
Overall: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.) - diameter of beads
Overall: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.) - diameter of beads
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Oric Bates
Accession number42.146
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Gammai, Nubia (Sudan), Grave 116, object #R9. 1915-6: excavated by Oric Bates & Dows Dunham for the Harvard Peabody Museum; 1916: assigned to Oric Bates in the division of finds with the Sudanese government; Sept. 4, 1924: lent to the MFA by Mrs. Oric Bates; March 12, 1942: given to the MFA by Mrs. Oric Bates.
