Dish of beads from a girdle
This collection of beads comes from a girdle that was found around the hips of a mummy. The original girdle (now deaccessioned) was made of two strings of black hematite (?) beads and seeds, joined together at intervals with tiny shells and beads of folded plam leaves.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dish of beads from a girdle
- Period: Middle Kingdom
- Date: ca. 2030–1640 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, East of Pabasa, Radim, Burial 6A.X.B13, around hips, MMA excavations, 1918–19
- Medium: Hematite(?), seeds, shell, palm leaves
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1919
- Object Number: 19.3.123b
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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