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Collar

1980-1630 BCE

Penn Museum
Philadelphia, United States

Details

Title: Collar
Date Created: 1980-1630 BCE
Location Created: Meydum, Egypt
Physical Dimensions: 43.2 x 33 x 7.6 cm
External Link: Penn Museum online collection
Medium: Faience
Object Number: 31-27-303
Descriptive Note: Faience broad collar (wesekh) made with six alternating rows of blue and black tubular beads and a final row of teardrop beads. The ends of the collar are decorated with falcon-headed terminals.
Credit Line: The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Meydum; Alan Rowe, 1931

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