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Ball bead and raw malechite
Image Not Available for Ball bead and raw malechite

Ball bead and raw malechite

Naqada I–III 3850–2960 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueMalachite, dark stone
DimensionsBead 1.3 cm long.
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.5125
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceMesaid (Mesa'eed) tomb 938 [M/938].
1913: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.