pearls

An item at Louvre

batch of beads and fragments of vaguely conical shape with a flat base and a striated or ribbed surface; the piercing channel is obstructed by a copper rod or small pebbles

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

The collections of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities present the civilization that evolved on the banks of the Nile, from the end of Prehistory (around 4,000 BCE) to the Christian era (from the 4th century CE).

Louvre