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Bead necklace
Egyptian
Middle Kingdom
Medium/Technique
Amethyst
Dimensions
Overall: length: 34 cm (13 3/8 in.)
Ball beads: diameter: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Bi-conical bead (central bead): 2.1 x 2.5 cm (13/16 x 1 in.)
Ball beads: diameter: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Bi-conical bead (central bead): 2.1 x 2.5 cm (13/16 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Goddard Du Bois
Accession Number46.1457
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Necklaces and neck bands
DescriptionThis necklace consists of sixty-five amethyst ball beads with a large lentoid centerpiece. When it arrived at the museum, the beads were strung incorrectly with eight Etruscan gold ball beads, which have now been removed.
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; 1946, gift of Mrs. Du Bois to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 27, 1946)