bead

Object NameNecklace of Beads

Made FromFaience, stone, glass

Dateabout 2100-1800 BCE

Place MadeEgypt

Techniqueground, polished; preformed and glazed

SizeTubular Beads L: 1 cm; Carnelian Beads: 9 mm

Accession Number74.7.2

Credit LineGift of Homer and Emily White

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionCarnelian and blue-green, green, yellow faience beads; carnelian is ground and polished, faience elements, preformed and glazed. Pendants (14) are formed by combining a small short tubular faience bead as a stopper with a short convex biconical carnelian and a long tubular faience, the small end beads are green, blue and in one case a yellow double faience spacer, the necklace consists of alternating short yellow tubular faience beads (20) and long tubular blue-green faience beads (23), at the juncture of the pendants with the necklace there are often two or three short beads, rather than the single spacers of the rest of the necklace, green (13) and blue (13) are employed with the yellow faience beads.
Provenance

Source Homer White - 1974-03-05

Former Collection Emily White - 1930-1974-03-05

Former Collection Mrs. Howard Page