Bead necklace
- Made:
- 1000 BCE-500 CE in Jebel Moya
Bead necklace, small circular discs of natrolite and ostrich egg perforated through centre, once strung together, excavated from the prehistoric Ethiopian Cemetery at Gebel-Moya, Sudan, by Sir Henry Wellcome, Sudanese, 1000 BCE - 500 CE
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657971
- Materials:
- natrolite, ostrich egg and bone (human)
- Measurements:
-
bead, max.: diameter 16 mm
bead, min.: thickness 11 mm
- type:
- necklace
