Beads from a Necklace

Unknown Artist

6th–7th century

Beads from a Necklace by Unknown Artist

Medium

Glass, amber, shell

Dimensions

Overall: length of string 27 3/16 x 7/16 in. (69 x 1.1 cm) Bead diameter: From 7/16 to 3 /16 in. (1.1 to 0.5 cm) Bead length: From 11/16 to 1/16 in. (1.7 to 0.2 cm)

Classification

Glass-Beads

Culture

Frankish

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number

17.193.181

Tags

Necklaces

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