About the Artwork
String of 56 Scarab-shaped Faience Beads
between 1196 and 945 BCE
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Faience
Overall: 1/4 × 15 7/8 inches (0.6 × 40.3 cm)
Jewelry
African Art
Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900
1990.224
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
possibly from (Abydos, Egypt)
1900?, gifted by the Egypt Exploration Fund
1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Egyptian, String of 56 Scarab-shaped Faience Beads, between 1196 and 945 BCE, faience. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900, 1990.224.
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