Necklace with Qebehsenuef (hawk) amulet
About This Item
The amulet on this necklace represents one of the four Sons of Horus, Qebehsenuef. Amulets of these four figures, representing a hawk, baboon, jackal, and human, are commonly wrapped with the body for protection.
- Date
- Unknown
- Geography
- Thebes, Egypt
- Medium
- faience
- Provenance
- Purchased by Adolph Sutro in 1884 in Thebes, Egypt
- Context
- Faience necklaces were likely restrung and would not have originally been worn with the amulets. Ancient objects were often put together to appeal to tourists, including during the time this object was collected. A collector or dealer would have acquired the beads and the amulets, and strung them together.
- Height
- 0.5 in
- Width
- 1.5 in
- Depth
- 15.5 in
- Copyright
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