necklace

NECKLACE

This beautiful necklace has been reconstructed from elements found in the tomb of Kheti at Beni Hassan. It is composed of five rows of small stems coloured black and turquoise and of two shoulder pieces in the form of falcon heads "wesekh" type). It seems that the collar was never worn, but played a part in the funerary rites of the owner.

BENI HASSAN

FAYENCE

MIDDLE KINGDOM

E. De Keyser, Colliers Ousekh, BMRAH 4e série 19 (1947) 85-89

Artisans de l'Égypte ancienne (Exposition), Morlanwelz 1981, 58-59 nº 53

Van dieren en mensen. Getuigenissen uit Prehistorie en Oudheid - Des animaux et des hommes. Témoignages de la Préhistoire et de l'Antiquité (Exposition), Bruxelles 1988, 172 nº 152

Inventory number E.3385

KMKG - MRAH

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