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Bead Net

Period:: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty:: Dynasty 21
Date:: ca. 1070–945 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb TT 57, MMA 1923–24
Medium:: Faience, glass
Dimensions:: 110 x 30 cm
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1925
Accession Number:: 25.3.211

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 130

Provenance

Museum excavations 1923–24. Acquired by the Museum in the division of finds, 1925.
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What
Glass (16,037)

Faience (11,698)

Beadwork (146)

Shrouds (42)
Where
Africa (33,501)

Egypt (29,889)

Upper Egypt (13,662)

Thebes (10,570)
When
2000-1000 B.C. (18,709)
In the Museum
Egyptian Art (26,254)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Egypt, 2000–1000 B.C.

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