Group of 66 beads from broad collars

Group of 66 beads from broad collars

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Displayed with similar beads (see 30.8.288, 45.4.13-related), this group of elements from one or more ancient broad collars consists of 26 small white flower petals (12 of which are not shown here), 20 small green leaves, 18 small, and 2 large bunches of grapes.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.