Necklace

Description
A long necklace made up of various white [porcelain] beads, with orange/brown detailing. Five shaped beads with different decoration: small cross pattern, beetle design, round rose design, mummy/tomb and elephant. There is a small brown bead above and below each characterised bead. At the central point is a large beetle design bead with hyroglyphics on the flat reverse. Below this central bed is two beaded tassels.
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Media/Materials
Beads, possibly porcelain[?].
Production place
Port Said, Egypt
Collection
Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1968/156/1

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