Nefer pendants and beads
1550–1295 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueElectrum and glass
DimensionsLength of string: 39.9 cm (15 11/16 in.)
Height of jackal: 1.4 cm
Height of jackal: 1.4 cm
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Goddard Dubois, "Goddard and Josephine Du Bois"
Accession number45.969
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / 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)
about 400
1980–1630 B.C.
2nd—3rd century A.D.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
623–568 B.C.