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: Silver, linen cord

Dimensions: L. of necklace  70.5 cm (27 3/4 in.); Greatest diam. 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.); Smallest diam. 2.5 cm (1 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