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String of beads

30 B.C.–A.D. 337
Object PlaceEgypt
Medium/TechniquePolychrome glass
DimensionsOverall: length of string 46 cm (18 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Goddard and Josephine Du Bois
Accession number47.1626
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceBetween 1900 and 1907, acquired in Egypt by Goddard Du Bois (b. 1869 – d. 1925) and Josephine Cook Du Bois (b. 1864 – d. 1961), New York; 1947, gift of Mrs. Du Bois to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 31, 1947)
Beads from a broadcollar
1550–1070 B.C.
Broadcollar elements
1349–1336 B.C.
Beads and amulets
1550–1070 B.C.
Rosette inlay
1295–1186 B.C.
Group shot (L to R): 85.577, 88.1011-2, 88.1016-7, 12.692, 57.417, 1979.575, 1979.580a-b, 1979.…
1184–1153 B.C.
Group shot (L to R): 85.577, 88.1011-2, 88.1016-7, 12.692, 57.417, 1979.575, 1979.580a-b, 1979.…
1184–1153 B.C.
View: 1979.580a
1184–1153 B.C.
Rosette inlay
1184–1153 B.C.