Mixed beads

Museum number:
6-11652
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21060011652
Alternate number:
3900 (field number)
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
A) 16 globular blue faience beads, B) 12 globular carnelian and calcite beads, C) 30+ miscellaneous beads and amulets of faience.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 3900 (400), Cemetery 3500, Naga-ed-Der
Verbatim coll. place:
Cemetery 3500; G3900
Culture or time period:
2nd Dynasty of Egypt (2890–2686 BC) and 3rd Dynasty of Egypt (2686–2125 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1901-1903
Materials:
Calcite, Carnelian, and Faience (composite material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Amulets and Beads (pierced objects)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Loans:
S1974-1975 #60: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (February 18, 1975–August 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Mixed beads, accession number 6-11652, described as A) 16 globular blue faience beads, B) 12 globular carnelian and calcite beads, C) 30+ miscellaneous beads and amulets of faience.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Mixed beads, accession number 6-11652, described as A) 16 globular blue faience beads, B) 12 globular carnelian and calcite beads, C) 30+ miscellaneous beads and amulets of faience.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Mixed beads, accession number 6-11652, described as A) 16 globular blue faience beads, B) 12 globular carnelian and calcite beads, C) 30+ miscellaneous beads and amulets of faience.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Mixed beads, accession number 6-11652, described as A) 16 globular blue faience beads, B) 12 globular carnelian and calcite beads, C) 30+ miscellaneous beads and amulets of faience.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Mixed beads, accession number 6-11652, described as A) 16 globular blue faience beads, B) 12 globular carnelian and calcite beads, C) 30+ miscellaneous beads and amulets of faience.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mixed beads, accession number 6-11652, described as A) 16 globular blue faience beads, B) 12 globular carnelian and calcite beads, C) 30+ miscellaneous beads and amulets of faience.

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