Jewelry Elements
Unknown
ca. 1878–1805 B.C. · Gold, carnelian, lapis lazuli · Egyptian Art
Ten units of triplex beads, four of which have bivalve shells pendant from them. Ball beads of gold and carnelian or lapis lazuli have been strung between the shells. These are connected stylistically with jewelry found by Jacques de Morgan in the 1890s in the pyramid of Senwosret III at Dahshur and likely beloged to princess or queen.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1878–1805 B.C.
- Medium
- Gold, carnelian, lapis lazuli
- Department
- Egyptian Art
- Credit line
- Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
