The Metropolitan Museum of Art - String of cylindrical beads

String of cylindrical beads

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String of cylindrical beads

Period:: Predynastic, Naqada III–Early Dynastic Period
Date:: ca. 3300–2650 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt
Medium:: Bone (mineralized)
Dimensions:: L: 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.)
Credit Line:: Gift of Bashford Dean, 1916
Accession Number:: 16.7.61

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 101

Provenance

Donated to the Museum by Bashford Dean, 1916.
See also
What
Bone (6,328)
Where
Africa (33,501)

Egypt (29,889)
When
8000-2000 B.C. (3,791)
In the Museum
Egyptian Art (26,254)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Egypt, 8000–2000 B.C.

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