Skip to main content

Beadnet dress

2323–2150 B.C.
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience
DimensionsOverall: 114.3 x 73.7cm (45 x 29in.)
Overall: 116.8 x 31.8 x 17.8 cm (46 x 12 1/2 x 7 in.)
Block (fabric figure form with clip and cleat): 122.6 x 18.4 cm (48 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number33.1020.1
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceFrom Giza, tomb G 2342 D (now G 5520 D); 1933: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
(Accession Date: March 9, 2001)