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Beads from a broad collar

2040–1783 B.C.
FindspotDeir el-Bersha, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience, linen, resin, plaster, nut(?)
DimensionsSee description
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number15-5-741
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, Tomb 10, pit B debris. 1915: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, May 1, 1915; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt; 1921: received by MFA.
Bonito Canoe model
Artist unknown, Pacific Islander
20th century, 1950–2000
String of beads
2040–1640 B.C.
860–840 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
2465–2323 B.C.
Beads
2040–1783 B.C.
Ring beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Funerary mask
about 1st–2nd century A.D.