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Various beads and leather fragments
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K 1803/4
Medium/Technique
Blue faience, shell, leather
Dimensions
Diameter of disc bead: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number14.1094
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionOne blue faience disc bead. Two small blue faience ring beads. A few small white shell ring beads sewn on fragments of a leather garment (as in S14-1-627).
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma, 1803/4. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.