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Caption

Necklace, ca. 3850–3500 B.C.E.. Quartz, carnelian, agate, steatite, serpentine, Approximate length: 18 7/8 in. (48 cm) Largest pendant: 1/2 in. (1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.313a.

Title

Necklace

Date

ca. 3850–3500 B.C.E.

Period

Predynastic Period, Naqada I Period (probably)

Geography

Place excavated: Mechali, Egypt

Medium

Quartz, carnelian, agate, steatite, serpentine

Classification

Jewelry

Dimensions

Approximate length: 18 7/8 in. (48 cm) Largest pendant: 1/2 in. (1.2 cm)

Credit Line

Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Accession Number

09.889.313a

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