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String of beads
Egyptian
Medium/Technique
Faience, carnelian, glass
Dimensions
Length: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number12.1429
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis string consists of about eighteen faience ring beads; one carnelian barrel bead; one large faience ball bead; one faience disc bead; 6 faience spacer beads, five of which could accommodate five strands and one three strands; and one domed glass (?) bead that is black topped with white and a black center
ProvenanceFrom Mesheikh. Mes/ 2512. Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.