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Ring beads
Nubian
Early Kerma
2400–2050 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, KN 133 debris
Medium/Technique
Faience, shell, original fiber string
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number16-4-1384
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionAbout eighty blue faience and white shell ring beads, some with remnants of original stringing.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, KN 133 debris. 1916: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.