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Necklace of beads from a variety of ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern cultures
Necklace of beads from a variety of ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern cultures

Necklace of beads from a variety of ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern cultures

Artist (Sumerian)
Artist (Near Eastern)
Datec. 2600 - 2500 B.C.E.
Period3rd millennium BCE
Medium202 ancient electrum gold beads strung together as a necklace with a modern gold clasp
DimensionsObject size: 25 1/4 inches
Credit LineGift of Susan M. Yecies
Object number2019.018
Curatorial DepartmentAncient Western Art
Etruscan-Style Necklace
Etruscan-Style Necklace
Attributed to the Firm of Achille Squadrilli
1870s
Object number: 2015.216
Hemi Hekte (1/12 Stater)
Hemi Hekte (1/12 Stater)
Anonymous (Greek)
c. 625-600 BCE
Object number: SC 2015.20
Image Not Available for Cache-Sexe with Sixteen Brass Pendants
Cache-Sexe with Sixteen Brass Pendants
Anonymous (Cameroonian)
Object number: 1986.261
Image Not Available for Mask with Female Ancestor Figure Crest
Mask with Female Ancestor Figure Crest
Anonymous (Malian)
Object number: 1986.213
Paradawn
Paradawn
Seren Morey
2013
Object number: 2013.027
Image Not Available for Wonder Tubes
Wonder Tubes
Peter Thomashow
2014
Object number: 2016.163
Surviving: SARS
Surviving: SARS
Ruth Cuthand
2015
Object number: 2023.034
Fayum Portrait of a Woman
Fayum Portrait of a Woman
Anonymous (Egyptian)
Egyptian, Hadrianic Period (117–138), c. 2nd century C.E.
Object number: 2016.088
Royal Necklace with Cosmic Turtles
Royal Necklace with Cosmic Turtles
Anonymous (Javanese)
9th–10th century
Object number: 2019.001
Rectangular bead/ cylinder seal
Rectangular bead/ cylinder seal
Anonymous (Sumerian)
Object number: 0.044.025
Fragment of tubular bead/ cylinder seal
Fragment of tubular bead/ cylinder seal
Anonymous (Sumerian)
Object number: 0.044.022
Double Conoid Bead
Double Conoid Bead
Anonymous (Sumerian)
c. 2500 B.C.E., Early Dynastic IIIA
Object number: 0.044.027