Beads

Museum number:
6-9961
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Beads: 4 carnelian, 2 beveled and elliptical, 11 various colored, 1 resin, 1 brown, 13 malachite fragments. 5 ball and biconical beads, 14 beads plus faience pieces. Original object count: 32? Piece count: 50+
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 525, Cemetery 500, Naga-ed-Der
Verbatim coll. place:
C500-900 G525
Culture or time period:
2nd Dynasty of Egypt (2890–2686 BC), 3rd Dynasty of Egypt (2686–2125 BC), 4th Dynasty of Egypt (2613–2494 BC), 5th Dynasty of Egypt (2494–2345 BC), and 6th Dynasty of Egypt (2345–2181 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1901-1903
Materials:
Carnelian, Faience (composite material), Malachite (mineral), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Beads, accession number 6-9961, described as Beads: 4 carnelian, 2 beveled and elliptical, 11 various colored, 1 resin, 1 brown, 13 malachite fragments. 5 ball and biconical beads, 14 beads plus faience pieces. Original object count: 32? Piece count: 50+Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Beads, accession number 6-9961, described as Beads: 4 carnelian, 2 beveled and elliptical, 11 various colored, 1 resin, 1 brown, 13 malachite fragments. 5 ball and biconical beads, 14 beads plus faience pieces. Original object count: 32? Piece count: 50+Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Beads, accession number 6-9961, described as Beads: 4 carnelian, 2 beveled and elliptical, 11 various colored, 1 resin, 1 brown, 13 malachite fragments. 5 ball and biconical beads, 14 beads plus faience pieces. Original object count: 32? Piece count: 50+Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Beads, accession number 6-9961, described as Beads: 4 carnelian, 2 beveled and elliptical, 11 various colored, 1 resin, 1 brown, 13 malachite fragments. 5 ball and biconical beads, 14 beads plus faience pieces. Original object count: 32? Piece count: 50+Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Beads, accession number 6-9961, described as Beads: 4 carnelian, 2 beveled and elliptical, 11 various colored, 1 resin, 1 brown, 13 malachite fragments. 5 ball and biconical beads, 14 beads plus faience pieces. Original object count: 32? Piece count: 50+
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 6-9961, described as Beads: 4 carnelian, 2 beveled and elliptical, 11 various colored, 1 resin, 1 brown, 13 malachite fragments. 5 ball and biconical beads, 14 beads plus faience pieces. Original object count: 32? Piece count: 50+

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