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Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Necklace. Late New...

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Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Necklace. Late New Kingdom, 1295-1069 B.C. Restrung designer necklace using tubular green-glazed beads in a double row, interspersed with small double-ring beads; the central feature a net-like composition of brown and blue-glazed beads. 9.54 grams, 46 cm long (18 1/8 in.). By repute 'Excavated at Gurob by Prof. Flinders Petrie. From a quantity of beadwork taken from the neck of a mummy'. Ex 1920s UK collection.