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Necklace of assorted beads
Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Middle Minoan Period
1800–1550 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Stone and gold
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Emily Dickinson Townsend Vermeule
Accession Number2001.162
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Necklaces and neck bands
DescriptionRandom assortment of stone beads (steatite?) of various shapes, one sard rectangular gem intaglio of dolphin to left, and one gold button with raised center and four holes along edge.
ProvenanceSaid to be from Lebena, Crete. By 1968, Cornelius C. Vermeule, III (b. 1925 - d. 2008) and Emily Townsend Vermeule (b. 1928 - d. 2001), Cambridge, MA [see note]; 2001, gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 21, 2001)
NOTE: First lent to the MFA November 7, 1968 (loan no. 51.68).
NOTE: First lent to the MFA November 7, 1968 (loan no. 51.68).