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Ring beads

2400–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Object Place for LabelKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBlue faience and hair
DimensionsDiameter of ring beads: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number14.1241
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma, 1623/19. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
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