Beads from a Collar
ca. 1390–1352 B.C.E.
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Object Label
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.
Caption
Beads from a Collar, ca. 1390–1352 B.C.E.. Faience, 12 1/2 × 16 × 1 in. (31.8 × 40.6 × 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Lawrence Coolidge and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, and the Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 48.66.69. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Title
Beads from a Collar
Date
ca. 1390–1352 B.C.E.
Dynasty
late Dynasty 18
Period
New Kingdom
Geography
Place found: Thebes (Malkata), Egypt
Medium
Faience
Classification
Dimensions
12 1/2 × 16 × 1 in. (31.8 × 40.6 × 2.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Lawrence Coolidge and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, and the Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
48.66.69
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