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Ring beads and leather fragments
Nubian
Kerma
2400–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K 1802/14
Medium/Technique
Blue faience, shell, leather
Dimensions
Diameter of shell bead: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number14.1092
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionA small amount of white shell ring beads and scraps of leather. A few small blue faience ring beads.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma, 1802/14. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.