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Beads and leather fragments

2400–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueIvory, shell and leather
DimensionsDiameter of ring beads: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number14.1095
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Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma,1803/5. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.