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String of beads
Egyptian
Medium/Technique
Iron?
Dimensions
Diameter and length: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4519
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionFourteen beads on a string and one loose bead. The beads are an unusual shape, each having a series of pointed cones. They are perfectly free from rust or incrustation.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.