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Beads

1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFaience, shell, carnelian, gold
DimensionsSee description
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number14.1506
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, K X B-57, body G.1914: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
2040–1640 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.
String of beads
1550–1070 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.
Naqada IIa–b (Gerzean) 3650–3300 B.C.
String of beads
2040–1640 B.C.
String of beads
2040–1640 B.C.
String of beads
2040–1640 B.C.