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<em>Beads from a Collar</em>, 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 48.66.69_overall01_PS22.jpg)
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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 48.66.69_overall01_PS22.jpg)
<em>Beads from a Collar</em>, 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 48.66.69_overall01_PS22.jpg)

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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 48.66.69_overall01_PS22.jpg)

<em>Beads from a Collar</em>, 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 48.66.69_overall02_PS22.jpg)

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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 48.66.69_overall02_PS22.jpg)

<em>Beads from a Collar</em>, 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 48.66.69_detail01_PS22.jpg)

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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 48.66.69_detail01_PS22.jpg)

<em>Beads from a Collar</em>, 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 48.66.69_detail02_PS22.jpg)

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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 48.66.69_detail02_PS22.jpg)

<em>Beads from a Collar</em>, 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 48.66.69_detail03_PS22.jpg)

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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 48.66.69_detail03_PS22.jpg)

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Beads from a Collar

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

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.
MEDIUM Faience
  • Place Found: Thebes (Malkata), Egypt
    • DATES ca. 1390–1352 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY late Dynasty 18
    PERIOD New Kingdom
    DIMENSIONS 12 1/2 × 16 × 1 in. (31.8 × 40.6 × 2.5 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 48.66.69
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Mrs. Lawrence Coolidge and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, and the Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 48.66.69_overall01_PS22.jpg)
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    <em>Beads from a Collar</em>, 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 48.66.69_overall01_PS22.jpg)

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    TAGS

    jewelry
    beads
    amulets
    neckless
    adornment
    Necklace
    egypt
    faience
    middle eastern
    New Kingdom
    pectoral
    floral

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