Amulet necklace / Faience / Plant materials

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1980.04.0044
Object Name: Amulet necklace
Lot: Gillman, Dr. Robert W.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Necklaces
Materials: Faience; Plant materials
Weight: 6.9g
Pierced: No
Inscribed: No
Full Artifact Description: Necklace with amulet of Duamutef. Faience, cord (modern); amulet: 6.3 cm h., 1.3 cm w.; chain of beads approximately 60.5 cm l. (Death Dogs, Wilfong).
Subjects: Duamutef
Verbatim Date: 525-343 BC
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Production Site: Sites
Countermark: No
Exhibition Title: Preserving Eternity: Modern Goals, Ancient Intentions; Death in Ancient Egypt: Preserving Eternity; Death Dogs: The Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt (exhibit); Passionate Curiosities
Exhibition Curator: Richards, Janet; Wilfong, Terry; Root, Margaret Cool
Exhibition Year: 1995; 2015
Publication Title: Preserving eternity: modern goals, ancient intentions. Egyptian funerary artifacts in the Kelsey Museum of Archaelogy; Death Dogs: The Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt
Publication Author: Richards, Janet E. and Wilfong, Terry G.; Wilfong, T.G.
Publication Year: 1995; 2015
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1980.04.0044
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1980.04.0044/dsc_4245.jpg

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Full citation: "Amulet necklace; Faience; Plant materials." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1980.04.0044/dsc_4245.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 15, 2024.