Group of 7 Beads: 1 Cylindrical (16.7.64); 1 Ovoid (16.7.59a); 5 Coleoptera beetles (16.7.59b–f)

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ca. 3300–2650 B.C. · Bone (mineralized) · Egyptian Art

Group of 7 Beads: 1 Cylindrical (16.7.64); 1 Ovoid (16.7.59a); 5 Coleoptera beetles (16.7.59b–f) — Unknown

A bead in the form of a click beetle (Coleoptera).

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 3300–2650 B.C.
Medium
Bone (mineralized)
Department
Egyptian Art
Credit line
Gift of Bashford Dean, 1916
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