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String of beads
Egyptian
Roman Imperial Period
30 B.C.–A.D. 337
Object Place: Egypt
Medium/Technique
Polychrome glass
Dimensions
Overall: length of string 46 cm (18 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Goddard and Josephine Du Bois
Accession Number47.1626
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis is a string of eighty-one irridescent beads of various shapes including ball, ring, melon, cylinder and conical. There are two silver-colored decorative pendant beads.
ProvenanceBetween 1900 and 1907, acquired in Egypt by Goddard Du Bois (b. 1869 – d. 1925) and Josephine Cook Du Bois (b. 1864 – d. 1961), New York; 1947, gift of Mrs. Du Bois to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 31, 1947)