Title: String of beads
Object type: Beads, string
Date: ca. 3900–3650 B.C.
Period: Predynastic, Late Naqada l–Naqada II
Medium: Clay (unfired), Carnelian
Dimensions: L. 44 cm (17 5/16 in.)
Credit line: Gift of The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1909
Geography: From    Egypt Northern Upper Egypt Mahasna  Tomb H 85 EEF excavations 1908–1909 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY