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Necklace with Spherical Beads

3rd to mid-7th century

Gold

45.3 cm, 33.229 g (17 13/16 in., 33.229 g)
Gift of Valerie and Hunter Thompson
2007.142.333
Geography: 
Made in Java, Indonesia
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Java
Period: 
3rd–7th century
Classification: 
Jewelry
Provenance: 

The Hunter Thompson Collection of Ancient Javanese Gold

Bibliography: 

John Miksic, Old Javanese Gold: The Hunter Thompson Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 115, fig. 12.

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