ID: 700009121 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009121	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

String of stone and shell beads (beads (pierced objects); unknown Ancient Egyptian Predynastic Period, Naqada I; Predynastic Period, Naqada I, ...; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, ...; 13.3513)

Note: Findspot: Egypt, Naga el-Hai (Qena), tomb K 517.

Titles:

String of stone and shell beads (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

beads (pierced objects) [300234006] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by form>)

Classifications:

jewelry / ornament (preferred)

Creation Date: Predynastic Period, Naqada I, 3850–3650 BCE

Creator Display:

unknown Ancient Egyptian Predynastic Period, Naqada I [preferred]

creator unknown Ancient Egyptian (Ancient Egyptian cultural designation) [500202838]

Locations:

Current: Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, United States) [500305147] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 13.3513

Credit Line: Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Other: Discovery: Naga el-Hai [8697622] Qinā (governorate), Egypt (nation), Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Olivine, black steatite, and shell beads

	olivine [300147980]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral)

	soapstone (metamorphic rock) [300011665]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

	shell beads [300404891]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by form>, beads (pierced objects), <beads by form>)

Dimensions: Length x diameter: 72 x 1.2 cm (28 3/8 x 1/2 in.) (largest bead)

Cultures:

Ancient Egyptian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Upper Egyptian Predynastic [300107202] (preferred,period)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Egyptian (ancient), Egyptian periods, Predynastic)

	Amratian [300020258] (period)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Egyptian (ancient), Egyptian periods, Predynastic, Upper Egyptian Predynastic)

General Subject:

apparel (preferred,isness)

ornament

Provenance: From Naga el-Hai (Qena), tomb K 517. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: December 4, 1913)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
String of stone and shell beads	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)