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Leather fragments and ring beads

2400–1550 B.C.
Object Place for LabelKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueShell and leather
DimensionsDiameter of shell bead: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number14.1115
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma, 1805/74. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.