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Beads and shell
Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, Sheikh Farag, SF 534 debris
Medium/Technique
Faience, carnelian, garnet, shell
Dimensions
Smallest: 0.4 cm (1/8 in.)
Largest: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Largest: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number23-10-102a-f
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis group of beads and a shell contains:
a) 1 carnelian barrel bead
b) 10 carnelian ball beads
c) about 90 carnelian ring beads
d) 31 garnet ring beads
e) 122 white faience ring beads
f) one shell of a bivalve (unpierced)
a) 1 carnelian barrel bead
b) 10 carnelian ball beads
c) about 90 carnelian ring beads
d) 31 garnet ring beads
e) 122 white faience ring beads
f) one shell of a bivalve (unpierced)
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Sheikh Farag SF 534 debris. 1923: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.