Four Necklaces (c)

Front: Shell, stone, and faience necklace  2019-08-20
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Shell, stone, and faience necklace 2019-08-20

Name/Title

Four Necklaces (c)

Entry/Object ID

11NE-Mi67-203c

Description

87-bead necklace composed mostly of shell, stone, and globular/barrel glass beads with accenting “Egyptian blue” frit. Two notable melon-style frit beads (one small fluted and one large central bicone) as well as one large, collared frit bead. A single faceted sphere bead, likely glass, is present and may once have held inlays.

Use

Jewelry

Made/Created

Date made

1000 BCE - 1 BCE

Time Period

Iron Age

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Unknown

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Length

47 cm

Material

Shell, Faience, Other, Stone

Research Notes

Research Type

Researcher

Notes

Newby and Painter, Roman Glass, p 146, plate XXVII, fig b (3rd from the top in first column) Public: No

Research Type

Researcher

Notes

Whitehouse, Corning vol. 3, p 60-61, fig kk, ll, L, F/G, P, V, Y, Z Public: No

Research Type

Researcher

Notes

Neuberg, Ancient Glass, p 18-19 Public: No