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Large pill box (10.1 cm in diameter) nearly full of faience beads: large number of faded faience cylinder beads // large number of faded faience ring beads; black, chocolate, and pale green (?) glaze // a few faience double ring beads; green (?) and light brown glaze; faded // another pill box (7 cm in diameter) full of similar beads (cf. 30-1-84).
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

ID
HUMFA_30-1-66
Alternate IDs
30-1-66; HUMFA_30-1-66
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Jewelry & adornment-Beads
Entry Date
01/06/1930
Title
Jewelry element: faience beads
Medium
Faience
Dimensions
Length: cylinder beads, average: 1 cm Diameter: ring beads, average: .5 cm; double ring beads, average: .4 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Street G 7700, debris E of mastaba G 7760

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