Bracelet made of 60 pierced Red Sea shells
4900–3800 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueSeashells (engina mendicaria)
DimensionsLength (smallest): 1 cm (3/8 in.)
Length (largest): 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Length (largest): 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston—Poznan Archaeological Museum Exchange
Accession number2014.523.1-60
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom grave 96 (Gr. 96/5b), Kadero cemetery, Sudan; 1989, excavated by the Poznan Archaeological Museum, Poznan, Poland; assigned in the division of finds by the Republic of Sudan to the Poznan Archaeological Museum (inv. no. 1989:3/5b); 2014, exchanged by the Poznan Archaeological Museum with the MFA. (Accession Date: April 23, 2014)
Note: This is one in a group of fourteen Sudanese objects exchanged by the Poznan Archaeological Museum with the MFA in 2014.These objects had been assigned to Poznan in the division of finds with the National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums, Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport of the Republic of Sudan. In exchange, Poznan received a group of Nubian objects that had been excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition in the early twentieth century.
Note: This is one in a group of fourteen Sudanese objects exchanged by the Poznan Archaeological Museum with the MFA in 2014.These objects had been assigned to Poznan in the division of finds with the National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums, Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport of the Republic of Sudan. In exchange, Poznan received a group of Nubian objects that had been excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition in the early twentieth century.
mid-20th century
19th century
19th century
19th century
A.D. 1500–1800
1850–1900
3850–3650 B.C.
30 B.C.–A.D 364
305–30 B.C.
1070–664 B.C.