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String of beads and amulets

Object PlaceEgypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience, carnelian
DimensionsOverall: 41 cm (16 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Goddard Dubois, "Goddard and Josephine Du Bois"
Accession number45.966
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceBetween 1900 and 1907, acquired in Egypt by Goddard Du Bois (b. 1869 – d. 1925) and Josephine Cook Du Bois (b. 1864 – d. 1961), New York; 1945, gift of Mrs. Du Bois to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 27, 1945)
Beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
String of beads
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
Beads
2040–1783 B.C.
Jewelry elements
2040–1783 B.C.
Beads and amulet
1991–1783 B.C.