Girdle with Fish-Shaped Beads

Unknown Artist

ca. 1479–1425 B.C.

Girdle with Fish-Shaped Beads by Unknown Artist

Medium

Gold

Dimensions

L. as strung 83.8 cm (33 in.); L. of individual fish 2.4 cm (15/16 in.)

Classification

Girdle, fish

Period

New Kingdom

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Fletcher Fund, 1919, 1920 (26.8.61a); Purchase, Edward S. Harkness, Gift, 1926 (26.7.1354); Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1987 (1987.399.1)

Accession Number

26.8.61a

Tags

Fish

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