Girdle with gold and lapis wallet-shaped beads

Unknown Artist

ca. 1479–1425 B.C.

Girdle with gold and lapis wallet-shaped beads by Unknown Artist

Medium

Gold, lapis lazuli

Dimensions

L. of girdle 81.3 cm (32 in.); Largest lapis lazuli bead: L. 1.5 cm (9/16 in); w. 1.2 cm (1/2 in); th. 0.3 cm (1/8 in)

Classification

Girdle, wallet

Period

New Kingdom

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Fletcher Fund, 1926; Purchase, Frederick P. Huntley Bequest, 1958, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1982

Accession Number

26.8.60

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