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Bracelet made of 60 pierced Red Sea shells
Nubian
Early Neolithic Period
4900–3800 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Seashells (engina mendicaria)
Dimensions
Length (smallest): 1 cm (3/8 in.)
Length (largest): 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Length (largest): 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Poznan Archaeological Museum Exchange
Accession Number2014.523.1-60
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Bracelets and armlets
ProvenanceFrom grave 96 (Gr. 96/5b), Kadero cemetery, Sudan; 1989, excavated by the Poznan Archaeological Museum, Poznan, Poland; assigned in the division of finds by the Republic of Sudan to the Poznan Archaeological Museum (inv. no. 1989:3/5b); 2014, exchanged by the Poznan Archaeological Museum with the MFA. (Accession Date: April 23, 2014)
Note: This is one in a group of fourteen Sudanese objects exchanged by the Poznan Archaeological Museum with the MFA in 2014.These objects had been assigned to Poznan in the division of finds with the National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums, Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport of the Republic of Sudan. In exchange, Poznan received a group of Nubian objects that had been excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition in the early twentieth century.
Note: This is one in a group of fourteen Sudanese objects exchanged by the Poznan Archaeological Museum with the MFA in 2014.These objects had been assigned to Poznan in the division of finds with the National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums, Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport of the Republic of Sudan. In exchange, Poznan received a group of Nubian objects that had been excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition in the early twentieth century.