Title: String of beads
Object type: Beads, string
Date: ca. 4400–3800 B.C.
Period: Predynastic, Badarian
Medium: Bone, serpentinite, shell
Dimensions: L. 15 cm (5 7/8 in)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1932
Geography: From    Egypt Northern Upper Egypt Matmar  Tomb 6001 BSAE/Brunton excavations, 1931 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY