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Pectoral

1070–945 B.C.
Object PlaceThebes, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueBright blue faience with black details
DimensionsHeight: 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Nina H. Burnham
Accession number56.315
On View
On view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceSaid to have been discovered at Thebes, Deir el-Bahari, royal cache, in 1879. By 1909: Frederick George Hilton Price Collection, London; 1909: sold at Sotheby's, London (12-21 July 1911); by 1956: Nina H. Burnham collection, Bar Harbor, ME; 1956: given to the MFA by Nina H. Burnham.
(Accession Date: May 10, 1956)
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