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String of beads and amulets
Egyptian
Object Place: Egypt
Medium/Technique
Faience, carnelian
Dimensions
Overall: 41 cm (16 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Goddard Dubois, "Goddard and Josephine Du Bois"
Accession Number45.966
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis string is comprised of fofrty-three faience amulet pendants, including a cartouche of Akhenaten, strung with fifty-one carnelian barrel beads as spacers and one tiny faience ring bead. One pendant has broken off from its suspension ring. Installed (in part) in reconstructed collar 65.1723. There are also several loose faience beads as follows: two oval pendant beads, two drop pendant beads, and two amulet beads.
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; 1945, gift of Mrs. Du Bois to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 27, 1945)