Beads

Museum number:

6-6039

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Accession number:

Acc.54/56/63/109

Object count:

40

Description:

Beads; a) string of carnelian and blue shells, b) five blue discs, c, malachite fragments

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Ghadim, Ballas region, Upper Egypt

Verbatim coll. place:

Ballas Ghadim

Culture or time period:

Predynastic Period, Egypt (ca. 5300–3000 BC)

Collector:

George Andrew Reisner

Collection date:

1900-1901

Materials:

Carnelian, Malachite (mineral), and Shell (animal material)

Object type:

archaeology

Department:

Ancient Egypt

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