Necklace
(made)
| Place of origin |
Bracelet of carnelian beads, comprising twenty-two disk beads and eight larger cylindrical beads. The stringing is modern.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Carved carnelian |
| Brief description | Bracelet, carnelian, Egypt, Kafr Ammar, possibly Middle Kingdom or later |
| Physical description | Bracelet of carnelian beads, comprising twenty-two disk beads and eight larger cylindrical beads. The stringing is modern. |
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| Style | |
| Gallery label | Strings of beads of carnelian, garnet, amethyst, typical of the Middle Kingdom, circa 2000-1600 B.C. and later strings of carnelian of mixed date (the faceted and uneven shaped beads are for the most part of later date. The stringings are modern. Most beads from Ancient Egypt have come from graves, as it was the custom to bury personal belongings with the dead.
Given by University College, London.
CIRC.29-1935.(1935) |
| Credit line | Given by University College London |
| Object history | CIRC.26-1935 to CIRC.30-1935 were a collection of five groups of items, mounted on boards, given to the V&A by University College London in 1935. Each was intended to demonstrate the tradition of a type of Egyptian manufacture - slate palettes, amulets, necklaces and bracelets etc, typically from grave contexts. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.29D-1935 |
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| Record created | December 12, 2018 |
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