Seed beads

Museum number:
6-13987
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Beads: Mass of small black elliptical seeds or nuts, pierced for stringing. [inv.: some original string, piece count: 100+]
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 478, Cemetery 100, Naga-ed-Der
Verbatim coll. place:
Cemetery 100; Tomb 478 Cemetery 100
Culture or time period:
11th Dynasty of Egypt (2125–1985 BC), 12th Dynasty of Egypt (1985–1773 BC), 6th Dynasty of Egypt (2345–2181 BC), 7th & 8th Dynasties of Egypt (2181–2160 BC), and 9th & 10th Dynasties of Egypt (2160–2055 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1901-1903
Materials:
Seed (material) (vegetable matter)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Loans:
D2019.001: Amr Khalaf Shadhat (March 16, 2019–n/a) and S1971-1972 #1: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (July 14, 1971–February 18, 1976)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 12 titled Seed beads, accession number 6-13987, described as Beads: Mass of small black elliptical seeds or nuts, pierced for stringing. [inv.: some original string, piece count: 100+]Hearst Museum object 2 of 12 titled Seed beads, accession number 6-13987, described as Beads: Mass of small black elliptical seeds or nuts, pierced for stringing. [inv.: some original string, piece count: 100+]Hearst Museum object 3 of 12 titled Seed beads, accession number 6-13987, described as Beads: Mass of small black elliptical seeds or nuts, pierced for stringing. [inv.: some original string, piece count: 100+]Hearst Museum object 4 of 12 titled Seed beads, accession number 6-13987, described as Beads: Mass of small black elliptical seeds or nuts, pierced for stringing. [inv.: some original string, piece count: 100+]Hearst Museum object 5 of 12 titled Seed beads, accession number 6-13987, described as Beads: Mass of small black elliptical seeds or nuts, pierced for stringing. [inv.: some original string, piece count: 100+]Hearst Museum object 6 of 12 titled Seed beads, accession number 6-13987, described as Beads: Mass of small black elliptical seeds or nuts, pierced for stringing. [inv.: some original string, piece count: 100+]Hearst Museum object 7 of 12 titled Seed beads, accession number 6-13987, described as Beads: Mass of small black elliptical seeds or nuts, pierced for stringing. [inv.: some original string, piece count: 100+]Hearst Museum object 8 of 12 titled Seed beads, accession number 6-13987, described as Beads: Mass of small black elliptical seeds or nuts, pierced for stringing. [inv.: some original string, piece count: 100+]Hearst Museum object 9 of 12 titled Seed beads, accession number 6-13987, described as Beads: Mass of small black elliptical seeds or nuts, pierced for stringing. [inv.: some original string, piece count: 100+]Hearst Museum object 10 of 12 titled Seed beads, accession number 6-13987, described as Beads: Mass of small black elliptical seeds or nuts, pierced for stringing. [inv.: some original string, piece count: 100+]Hearst Museum object 11 of 12 titled Seed beads, accession number 6-13987, described as Beads: Mass of small black elliptical seeds or nuts, pierced for stringing. [inv.: some original string, piece count: 100+]Hearst Museum object 12 of 12 titled Seed beads, accession number 6-13987, described as Beads: Mass of small black elliptical seeds or nuts, pierced for stringing. [inv.: some original string, piece count: 100+]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seed beads, accession number 6-13987, described as Beads: Mass of small black elliptical seeds or nuts, pierced for stringing. [inv.: some original string, piece count: 100+]

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