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String of Beads

String of Beads

-600–-300

Medium: Faience
Dimensions: 40 cm l. (15 3/4 in.)
Genre: Jewelry
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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egyptian

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Long, thin, tubular beads of varicolored turquoise faience, strung together in modern times. Several beads have pieces of other beads attached to them. Individual beads between circa 0.7 and 1.5 cm long.