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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1983.14
Title
String of Beads
Classification
Jewelry
Work Type
jewelry
Date
600-300 BCE
Period
Late Period
Culture
Egyptian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/289550

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Faience
Dimensions
40 cm l. (15 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Charles F. Hovey
Accession Year
1983
Object Number
1983.14
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Long, thin, tubular beads of varicolored turquoise faience, strung together in modern times. Several beads have pieces of other beads attached to them. Individual beads between circa 0.7 and 1.5 cm long.

Verification Level

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