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Necklace elements: d) faience [bell-shaped] pendants with vertical hole.
Illustration: Yes

Details

ID
HUMFA_36-6-55d
Alternate IDs
36-6-55d; HUMFA_36-6-55d
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Jewelry & adornment-Beads
Entry Date
06/29/1936
Title
Jewelry element: faience bell-shaped pendants
Medium
Faience
Dimensions
Height: 2 cm Diameter: top: .7 cm; bottom: 1.2 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 2422 D, 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, note 117. Freed, Rita E., Lawrence M. Berman, and Denise M. Doxey. Arts of Ancient Egypt. MFA Highlights. Boston: MFA Publications, 2003, pp. 90-91. Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, p. 97, cat. 37a. 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 37.1312: reconstructed counterweight including 36-6-55b (terminals), 36-6-55d (pendants), 36-7-35 ([a] cylinder beads and [b] ring beads from G 2416 D III)
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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