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Source Description
This simple but colorful necklace is composed of fifty beads, most of which are glass or ceramic, with a single amethyst bead. Similar necklaces have been found in the graves of Frankish women in the Rhineland. This necklace is one of 21 said to have been excavated at Niederbreisig (Germany).
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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11266
label
Necklace
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
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11266
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contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Necklace
description
This simple but colorful necklace is composed of fifty beads, most of which are glass or ceramic, with a single amethyst bead. Similar necklaces have been found in the graves of Frankish women in the Rhineland. This necklace is one of 21 said to have been excavated at Niederbreisig (Germany).
provenance
Friedrich Queckenberg, Niederbreisig (Germany), ca. 1890; Joseph Queckenberg, Niederbreisig (Germany), 1909, by inheritance; Heinrich Dreesen, Sinzig (Germany); Jacques Seligmann, Paris; J. Pierpont Morgan, New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, no. 17.193.74; Sale 4629Y, Sotheby Park Bernet Inc., New York, May 29, 1981, lot. no. 25 ; Walters Art Museum, 1981, by purchase.
date
mid 6th-7th century (Early Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Glasswares
necklaces
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2.6
height
57
depth
2.6
dimensionsRaw
1 x 22 7/16 x 1 in. (2.6 x 57 x 2.6 cm)
Source extras
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Frankish
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glass, ceramic, amethyst, bronze, gold, copper
creator_ids
2386
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MED
JWL
exhibition_ids
316
454
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1
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0
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photo
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