Forntida Egypten Armband av glas, sten och kristallpärlor - 18.5 cm (Utan reservationspris)
Nr 88230017
Forntida Egypten Armband gjord av turkos och fajans mumiepärlor med Cowrie Shell (fertilitet) amulett - 17.5 cm (Utan reservationspris)
Nr 88230017
Forntida Egypten Armband gjord av turkos och fajans mumiepärlor med Cowrie Shell (fertilitet) amulett - 17.5 cm (Utan reservationspris)
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- Strung on modern wire with Gold Filled Silver Lobsterlock(925).
- Total length: 17.5 cm. Average bead size: 2-4 mm.
- Beginning in prehistoric times, shells were used for adornment and seem to have been fertility symbols. Cowrie-shell girdles are often seen in Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom art around the hips of nude female figurines.
- See last picture as a parallel: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/545533
- Turquoise was very closely associated with the Goddess of Joy and Fertility, Hathor, who was one of the most important divinities in Ancient Egypt.
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Provenance/Known History:
Ancient Egyptian Turquoise beads: Ex. Private UK collection. Collected before 1970. After that J.T.O., The Netherlands.
Ancient Egyptian Faience Mummy beads: Ex. Private A.B collection, UK. Collected in the 1930's. After that A&O Gallery.
Ancient Egyptian Faience Cowrie Shell amulet: Ex. Private UK collection. Collected before 1970. After that A.A. Gallery, UK.
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