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Faience ring beads; black, white, red-brown, blue, and green glaze; fourteen beads stuck together showing part of pattern.
Illustration: Yes

Details

ID
HUMFA_36-7-35b
Alternate IDs
36-7-35b; HUMFA_36-7-35b
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Jewelry & adornment-Rings
Entry Date
07/17/1936, 07/18/1936
Title
Jewelry element: faience beads
Medium
Faience
Dimensions
Diameter: .2 - .3 cm Thickness: .1 - .2 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 2416 D III, in wood coffin
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, b. 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 36-7-35a (cylinder beads), 36-7-35b (ring beads), and element from 36-6-55; MFA 37.1313: reconstructed broadcollar including 36-7-35b (ring beads), 35-1-27 (ring beads), and elements from 36-6-55
Problems/Questions
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