Title: String of beads
Object type: Beads, string
Date: ca. 3850–2960 B.C.
Period: Predynastic Period
Medium: Carnelian
Dimensions: L. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1909
Geography: From    Egypt Northern Upper Egypt Mahasna   EEF excavations 1908–09 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY