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Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art: Five Rowed Necklace with Amulets

20:14 07/10/2008

This is an amazing necklace, as in fashion. now as it was 1000s of years ago. Timeless!

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Five Rowed Necklace with Amulets

Faience necklaces with fruit and floral elements were highly prized by elite women and men in late Dynasty 18. Certainly worn for their visual appeal, this jewelry also had amuletic significance. Necklaces such as this one were believed to protect the wearer from evil spirits and natural dangers, such as snakes and scorpions, and to enhance sexual and regenerative powers in this life and the next.

Medium: Faience
Place Found: Thebes, Malkata, Egypt
Dates: ca. 1390-1353 B.C.E.
Dynasty: late XVIII Dynasty
Period: New Kingdom
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 13 3/4in. (17.1 x 35cm)
Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 48.66.69
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Lawrence Coolidge and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, and the Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Image: Overall, 48.66.69_transpc002.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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20:14 07/10/2008

This is an amazing necklace, as in fashion. now as it was 1000s of years ago. Timeless!

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