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Bead
Bead

Bead

1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBlue glazed quartz
DimensionsSee description
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number14.1052
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K IV grave 444. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Various beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Various beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Fragment of vessel
about 1700–1550 B.C.
String of beads
4200–3250 B.
String of  ball beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Blue-glazed quartz beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
2400–1550 B.C.
String of ball beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.