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Head-form Bead

Unknown Artist

Credit: Jan Mitchell and Sons Collection, Gift of Jan Mitchell, 1991
3rd-7th century
Gold
3.2 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm
1991.419.55
Image © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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