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Source Description
While the gold, blue faience, and carnelian beads interspersed with 11 amulets and thin gold spacers decorated with granulation are genuine, their arrangement in this necklace is a modern reconstruction. The variety of materials used highlights the wealth of resources, both local and imported, available to Egyptian craftsmen. Represented are gods, animals (or parts of them), and plants, all of which were believed to possess protective powers.
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Document identity
localId
31052
label
Necklace
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
11
Source metadata
id
31052
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Necklace
description
While the gold, blue faience, and carnelian beads interspersed with 11 amulets and thin gold spacers decorated with granulation are genuine, their arrangement in this necklace is a modern reconstruction. The variety of materials used highlights the wealth of resources, both local and imported, available to Egyptian craftsmen. Represented are gods, animals (or parts of them), and plants, all of which were believed to possess protective powers.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1500-1100 BCE (New Kingdom)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
necklaces
imageCount
11
pageCount
11
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
0.5
height
0.1
dimensionsRaw
Overall H: 3/16 (0.45 x 0.05 cm)Overall H: 3/16 (0.45 x 0.01 cm)Overall H: 1/16 (0.13 x 0.01 cm)Overall H: 0.01 cmOverall H: 1/16 (0.17 x 0.01 cm)Overall H: 0.02 x W: 0.02 cmOverall H: 3/16 x W: 1/16 in. (0.52 x 0.08 cm)Overall H: 1/16 in. (0.17 cm)Overall H: 1/16 (0.08 x 0.01 cm)Overall H: 1/4 (0.59 x 0.05 cm)Overall H: 3/16 x W: 1/16 in. (0.45 x 0.09 cm)Other (gold bead diam.) : 0.01 cmOther (carnelian bead diam.) : 0.01 cm
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
18th-20th Dynasty
med
gold, Egyptian faience, glass, carnelian
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6182
collection_ids
EGY
JWL
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1954
2054
2227
2513
2704
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