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Beads
Beads

Beads

1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFaience, shell, quartzite
DimensionsSee description
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.5729
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, K III hall A. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
2040–1640 B.C.
String of beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Bracelet
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Beaded belt
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Thumb ring
90 B.C.–A.D. 40
Beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Barrel bead
743–712 B.C.