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Necklace

10th–14th century
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
Known locally as Koï Gourrey, or Chief’s Tumulus, the Killi site is composed of three large mounds that form a semicircle almost five hundred feet in diameter. Louis Desplagnes’s first excavation at Killi in 1901 yielded a wide range of material, from carnelian beads and iron bracelets to locally manufactured and imported earthenware. This necklace was among these finds. A luxury import, carnelian beads were generally found in funerary contexts.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Necklace
  • Date: 10th–14th century
  • Geography: Mali, Gundam region
  • Culture: Killi Tumulus
  • Medium: Carnelian
  • Dimensions: H. 5 1/4 × W. 4 7/8 × D. 5/8 in. (13.3 × 12.4 × 1.6 cm)
  • Classifications: Stone-Ornaments, Jewelry
  • Credit Line: Musée du Quai Branly–Jacques Chirac, Paris (71.1903.8.93)
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing