Jewelry element: carnelian beads
Two carnelian "drum" beads [(Old Kindgom)].
Illustration: No.
Supplementary illustration: Yes.
Supplementary illustration scale: 2:1
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_25-2-1065d
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_25-2-1065d; 25-2-1065d
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Beads
- Entry Date
- 02/26/1925
- Title
- Jewelry element: carnelian beads
- Medium
- Carnelian
- Dimensions
- Diameter: first bead: .6 cm; second bead: .6 cm Thickness: first bead: .5 cm; second bead: .4 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 7521 C
- Remarks
- MFA 25.2524 = two carnelian ring beads (25-2-1065c), two carnelian drum beads (25-2-1065d), three faience/steatite cylinder beads (25-2-1067).
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified