Title: Melon Bead Necklace
Object type: Necklace, beads, melon
Date: ca. 1550–1425 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Ahmose–Thutmose III
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: l. 75.5 cm (29 3/4 in); diam. of beads 1–1.3 cm (3/8–1/2 in)
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif, Birabi Tomb CC 37 Burial 13 Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1911 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY