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Necklace elements: a) fifty-two whole faded blue-green faience pendant beads with two holes; two faience pendant beads; broken and mended; four faience pendant beads; broken and incomplete; total of fifty-eight pendant beads.
Illustration: Yes

Details

ID
HUMFA_36-4-80a
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_36-4-80a; 36-4-80a
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Jewelry & adornment-Beads
Entry Date
04/30/1936
Title
Jewelry element: faience pendants
Medium
Faience
Dimensions
Width: .6 - .9 cm Length: 1.3 - 1.9 cm Thickness: .25 - .5 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 2407 C, coffin pit
Bibliography
Brovarski, Edward. "Old Kingdom Beaded Collars." In Jacke Phillips with Lanny Bell, Bruce B. Williams, James Hoch and Ronald J. Leprohon (eds.) Ancient Egypt, the Aegean, and the Near East. Studies in Honour of Martha Rhoads Bell, Volume 1. San Antonio: Van Siclen Books, 1997, p. 156, notes 117, 120. Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), p. 67.
Remarks
MFA 37.1314: broadcollar reconstructed from elements 36-4-80a, 36-4-80b, and 36-4-80c, and modern gilded wood terminals.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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