Snake's Head Pendant with Necklace
1550-1185 BCE (New Kingdom)
L: 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm); Amulet H: 1 9/16 x W: 9/16 x D: 7/16 in. (3.97 x 1.49 x 1.07 cm); Bead W: 3/16 x L: 30 1/16 in. (0.5 x 76.4 cm)
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Snake head pendants should protect its owner (living or deceased) from outside dangers. They were particularly popular in the New Kingdom. This pendant is part of a necklace of ovoid beads. The beads seem to be ancient as a pendant itself but have been restrung. The pendant is...
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Joseph Abemayor, Cairo, by 1931 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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