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Beads
Beads

Beads

1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueShell, faience, carnelian, debris
DimensionsSee description
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number14.1266
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, K XVI grave1625. 1914: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Ring beads
2400–1550 B.C.
Disc beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Ring beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
1700–1550 B.C.
String of disc beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Linen and plaster
2140–1783 B.C.
Fragments
2400–2050 B.C.