Chlorite necklace with 36 biconical beads
Description: | Some beads have concentric circles. Approximate length of whole 26 1/2 in. (67.3 cm) |
Period: | Late Bronze Age II |
Date: | 1600 - 600 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From Cyprus |
References: | Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. CXIV.3, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1548, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 578, pp. 402-3, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.5009 |