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Bead necklace

Medium/TechniqueAmethyst
DimensionsOverall: length: 34 cm (13 3/8 in.)
Ball beads: diameter: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Bi-conical bead (central bead): 2.1 x 2.5 cm (13/16 x 1 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Goddard Du Bois
Accession number46.1457
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; 1946, gift of Mrs. Du Bois to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 27, 1946)

Necklace with scarab
1980–1630 B.C.
Necklace
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Scarab
2061–1550 B.C.
about the 5th century B.C., 499–400 B.C.
String of beads
1991–1783 B.C.
String of beads
2040–1640 B.C.