Necklace of Gold Ball Beads
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: Gold, linen cord
Dimensions: Overall length of necklace 64 cm (25 3/16 in.); Diam. of beads 0.9–1.1 cm (3/8–7/16 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