Beads

Museum number:
6-1228
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Accession number:
Acc.54
Description:
Beads: Mass of shell discs; 12 large tubular shell 1 bbl. Shaped carnelian 7 shell bead fragments a) faience ring beads (4+) b) faience ring and cylinder beads (100+) c) faience ring and cylinder beads (100+)
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 1558 (58), Cemetery 1500, Naga-ed-Der
Verbatim coll. place:
Cemetery 1500; Tomb 58 Cemetery 1500
Culture or time period:
1st Dynasty of Egypt (ca. 3000–2890 BC) and 2nd Dynasty of Egypt (2890–2686 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Carnelian and Shell (animal material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Accession date:
October 8, 1902
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Loans:
S1974-1975 #60: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (February 18, 1975–August 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Beads, accession number 6-1228, described as Beads: Mass of shell discs; 12 large tubular shell 1 bbl. Shaped carnelian 7 shell bead fragments a) faience ring beads (4+) b) faience ring and cylinder beads (100+) c) faience ring and cylinder beads (100+)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Beads, accession number 6-1228, described as Beads: Mass of shell discs; 12 large tubular shell 1 bbl. Shaped carnelian 7 shell bead fragments a) faience ring beads (4+) b) faience ring and cylinder beads (100+) c) faience ring and cylinder beads (100+)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 6-1228, described as Beads: Mass of shell discs; 12 large tubular shell 1 bbl. Shaped carnelian 7 shell bead fragments a) faience ring beads (4+) b) faience ring and cylinder beads (100+) c) faience ring and cylinder beads (100+)

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