Spacer
Middle Kingdom
Spacers were used in bracelets, anklets, or necklaces to hold several strands of beads apart. In this case the spacer was used for ten strands. On one side are ten channels for the strands, while the other side is flat and decorated with ten rows of circular imprints, probably as representation of the rows of beads that would have been inside. Alse see 25.3.247a–b; since all three spacers are made alike, they were either part of the same piece of jewelry or belonged to matching pieces.
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