Bead shaped like a Coleoptera beetle
Object type: Beads, Coleoptera beetle
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Predynastic, Naqada III–Early Dynastic Period
Date: ca. 3300–2650 B.C.
Medium: Bone (mineralized)
Dimensions: L. 4.8 x Diam. 1.5 cm (1 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt  
Credit line: Gift of Bashford Dean, 1916
Accession year: 1916
Tags: Insects