Jewelry Elements

Middle Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 111

Ten units of triplex beads, four of which have bivalve shells pendant from them. Ball beads of gold and carnelian or lapis lazuli have been strung between the shells. These are connected stylistically with jewelry found by Jacques de Morgan in the 1890s in the pyramid of Senwosret III at Dahshur and likely beloged to princess or queen.

Jewelry Elements, Gold, carnelian, lapis lazuli

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Jewelry Elements, Gold, carnelian, lapis lazuli
Jewelry Elements, Gold, carnelian, lapis lazuli
Jewelry Elements, Gold, carnelian, lapis lazuli

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