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Beaded garment fragments
Nubian
Early Kerma
2400–2050 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, KN 147, 1
Medium/Technique
Leather, faience
Dimensions
Overall (box): 15.5 x 20.5 cm (6 1/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number16-4-1412
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionThis large group of faience beads were found mixed with leather scraps, evidently the remains of a beaded garment.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, KN 147, 1. April 1916: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.