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Cong-shaped bead
From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Miniture ts’ung [cong] 琮; bead in form of miniature squared, hollow cylinder of the type ts’ung [cong] 琮; mottled yellow and brown; decoration: short horizontal grooves at edges; high luster. (Old chip on edge.) One of a set of nine; see F1916.384 and F1916.759–766.
National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own descriptionCredit lineCong-shaped bead. ca. 3300-2250 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.