Necklace, obsidian beads and cowrie shells, from Arpachiyah, Halaf period, 5600-5200 BC.
<p>British Museum, room 56, ME 127814.
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This necklace is made from exotic goods : obsidian beads from Turkey ( one of them made of dark clay ) and cowrie shells from the Persian Gulf, originally coloured with red ochre.
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<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>