Shell and Beads
Tell Fara South
Palestine
Near East
Shell and carnelian
Overall: 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)
Overall: 5/16 in. (0.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
39.64.6660
Geography
Place Made: Tell el-Far’a, Palestine, Eastern Mediterranean, Israel, West Asia, Asia
Object Name
Personal Symbol: Amulet
Research Area
Near East
Not on view
Provenance
British School of Archaeology in Egypt (University College, London); Museum and Art Gallery Reading, England; sold to present collection, 1939.
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