Group of 7 Beads: 1 Cylindrical (16.7.64); 1 Ovoid (16.7.59a); 5 Coleoptera beetles (16.7.59b–f)
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. of individual beads: 2.2-4.8
Geography: From    Egypt  
Credit line: Gift of Bashford Dean, 1916
Accession year: 1916
Tags: Insects