Comma or Kidney Shaped Bead (Magatama)
Caption
Comma or Kidney Shaped Bead (Magatama), 200 B.C.E.–700 C.E.. Stone, 3/4 x 1 7/16 in. (1.9 x 3.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1909, Purchased with funds given by Thomas T. Barr, E. LeGrand Beers, Carll H. de Silver, Herman B. Stutzer, Colonel Robert B. Woodward and the Museum Collection Fund, 09.898.6.
Gallery
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Collection
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Collection
Title
Comma or Kidney Shaped Bead (Magatama)
Date
200 B.C.E.–700 C.E.
Period
Early Iron Age
Geography
Place made: Japan
Medium
Stone
Classification
Dimensions
3/4 x 1 7/16 in. (1.9 x 3.6 cm)
Credit Line
Museum Expedition 1909, Purchased with funds given by Thomas T. Barr, E. LeGrand Beers, Carll H. de Silver, Herman B. Stutzer, Colonel Robert B. Woodward and the Museum Collection Fund
Accession Number
09.898.6
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