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Ring beads
Nubian
Kerma
2400–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K 1621X
Medium/Technique
Leather, blue faience, shell
Dimensions
Diameter: .35 cm (1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number14.1272
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionFive to ten small ring beads of blue faience. A small amount of white shell ring beads sewn on the edge of a leather skirt (only fragments of leather were found with the beads, not the whole skirt).
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma, 1621X. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.