Digital Giza | Jewelry element: carnelian and garnet beads

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7600

Twenty-four small carnelian and garnet ball beads; a) eight garnet beads, b) sixteen carnelian beads.
Illustration: No

ID: HUMFA_29-3-169
Alternate IDs: HUMFA_29-3-169; 29-3-169
Department: Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification: Jewelry & adornment-Beads
Entry Date: 03/14/1929
Title: Jewelry element: carnelian and garnet beads
Medium: Carnelian, garnet
Dimensions: Diameter: .2 - .4 cm
Credit Line: Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance: Street G 7600, E of mastaba G 7650
Remarks: Sixteen carnelian and six garnet balls beads accessioned as MFA 29.2381
Problems/Questions: MFA accession number verified

Jewelry element: carnelian and garnet beads