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Beads and leather fragment

2400–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueShell, faience, carnelian, leather or textile
DimensionsSee description
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number15-3-59
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, K LIV grave 5431. March 1915: 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.