Object owner details: MFA accession number: 37.1314

Findspot: Western Cemetery, Pit G 2407 C, coffin pit

Faience

Expedition Measurements: Width: .6 - .9 cm Length: 1.3 - 1.9 cm Thickness: .25 - .5 cm

Description: Necklace elements: a) fifty-two whole faded blue-green faience pendant beads with two holes; two faience pendant beads; broken and mended; four faience pendant beads; broken and incomplete; total of fifty-eight pendant beads. Illustration: Yes

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Selected Published References:
Brovarski, Edward. "Old Kingdom Beaded Collars." In Jacke Phillips with Lanny Bell, Bruce B. Williams, James Hoch and Ronald J. Leprohon (eds.) Ancient Egypt, the Aegean, and the Near East. Studies in Honour of Martha Rhoads Bell, Volume 1. San Antonio: Van Siclen Books, 1997, p. 156, notes 117, 120. Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), p. 67.

Remarks: MFA 37.1314: broadcollar reconstructed from elements 36-4-80a, 36-4-80b, and 36-4-80c, and modern gilded wood terminals.