Title: String of beads
Object type: Beads, string
Date: ca. 3650–2960 B.C.
Period: Predynastic, Naqada II–Naqada III
Medium: Steatite
Dimensions: 14 9/16 in. (37 cm)
Credit line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899
Geography: From    Egypt Northern Upper Egypt Hiw Cemetery U Tomb U277, U325, or U344 EEF excavations 1898–99 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY