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String of cornflower pendants and assorted beads
String of cornflower pendants and assorted beads

String of cornflower pendants and assorted beads

1550–1070 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueCarnelian and gold (modern)
DimensionsHeight (largest pendant) x Length: 1.8 x 38.5 cm (11/16 x 15 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Goddard Dubois, "Goddard and Josephine Du Bois"
Accession number45.967
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)

Necklace
305–30 B.C.
Group shot: 1981.287-8
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Group shot: 1981.287-8
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Early Byzantine bracelet with a Roman cameo of Medusa
5th century A.D., incorporating a cameo of the 1st-2nd centuries A.D.
String of beads
2040–1640 B.C.
String of beads
1991–1783 B.C.
Necklace
1550–1070 B.C.