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| Keywords: Egyptian - Egyptian Necklace - Walters 571516 - Detail D.jpg 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 ca 1500 1100 BC New Kingdom gold Egyptian faience glass carnelian 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 cm Overall H 1/16 0 17 x 0 01 cm Overall H 0 02 x W 0 02 cm Overall cm 0 52 0 08 Overall cm 0 17 Overall H 1/16 0 08 x 0 01 cm Overall H 1/4 0 59 x 0 05 cm Overall cm 0 45 0 09 Other gold bead diam 0 01 cm Other carnelian bead diam 0 01 cm accession number 57 1516 31052 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2009 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry El Paso Museum of Art El Paso 2010 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian faience in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Fly amulet House fly ancient Egyptian medal | ||||
