bead

Object NameNecklace of Beads

Made FromGlass, faience, bone

Date900-400 BCE

Place MadeEgypt

Technique(glass) wound; (faience) molded and glazed

SizeOverall L (max): 3 cm, (min): 1 cm

Accession Number74.7.3

Credit LineGift of Homer and Emily White

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionBlue-green and purple faience, lime-green, blue and purple glass; glass beads are wound, faience beads, molded and glazed, one garnet bead is ground and polished. Nine tubular faience beads are suspended as pendants amid a series of wound lime-green glass beads, a blue glass bead with opaque white threads, a garnet bead, two purple glass beads, and several green faience beads; the remainder of the necklace consists of tubular faience or possibly glassy faience (52) separated by yellow faience spacers (28).
Provenance

Source Homer White - 1974-03-05

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

Former Collection Mrs. Howard Page