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Egyptian
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Dimensions
Overall: 0.7 x 1.3 cm (1/4 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.860
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis reddish brown, polished bead is shaped like a pomegranate, is chipped at one end and is bored lengthwise.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.