Amulet in the Form of Two Fingers

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Amulet in the Form of Two Fingers

Culture: Egyptian

Period: Late Period

Date: 664-332 B.C.

Medium: Basalt(?)

Dimensions:

3 1/8 in. (8 cm)

Credit Line: Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection

Object number: 86.138.176

Provenance: By purchase, the Stark family, Orange, Texas, between 1927 and 1929; by bequest, the Nelda C. and H. J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1965; by purchase, the San Antonio Museum of Art with funding from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willson, 1986

Exhibition History: "Mummies, Myths and Magic," Witte Museum, San Antonio, Sept. 22, 1989-Apr. 8, 1990.

Published References C. C. Van Siclen, III, An Illustrated Checklist for Mummies, Myths and Magic (San Antonio: Van Siclen Books, 1990), p. 45.

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In Collection(s)

Art of the Ancient Mediterranean World

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Amulet in the Form of Two Fingers

Amulet in the Form of Two Fingers