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Ring beads
Ring beads

Ring beads

2050–1700 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueShell, original fiber string
DimensionsDiameter: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number15-3-352e
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, KB 112 debris. 1915: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Necklace
2040–1640 B.C.
Group shot: 15-3-428a-e
2400–1550 B.C.
Ring beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Ring beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Beads
2040–1640 B.C.
Beads
332 B.C.–A.D. 337
Necklace
2040–1640 B.C.
Necklace
2040–1640 B.C.
Necklace
2040–1640 B.C.
Cylinder beads
2040–1783 B.C.