Necklace of Wah
Object type: Necklace, Wah
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Amenemhat I, early
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Medium: Faience, linen cord
Dimensions: L of necklace 68 cm (26 3/4 in); greatest diam. 1.3 cm (1/2 in); smallest diam. 0.9 cm (3/8 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif
Locale: Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102)
Locus: Mummy, bandages at neck
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1940
Accession year: 1940