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Creator: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Egyptian Artca. 3650–3100 B.C.

Artwork Details

Title	String of beads with eight large pendants
Medium	Carnelian
Dimensions	L: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)
Department	Egyptian Art
Date	ca. 3650–3100 B.C.
Credit Line	Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
Object Page	View at The Met

Cultural Origin

Period	Predynastic, Naqada II–Naqada III
Date Range	3650 BC – 3100 BC

Provenance

Country

Egypt

Other works from the Predynastic, Naqada II–Naqada III period

ca. 3650–2960 B.C.String of beads

ca. 3650–3100 B.C.String of beads

ca. 3650–3100 B.C.Figurine of a hippo made for suspension

ca. 3650–3100 B.C.Hippopotamus amulet

ca. 3650–3100 B.C.Piriform macehead with male faces

ca. 3650–3100 B.C.Amulet in the form of a hippo

ca. 3650–3100 B.C.Curved knife

Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access · Object 551979