Bead net with a winged scarab

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Bead net with a winged scarab

Culture: Egyptian

Period: Third Intermediate Period

Dynasty: Dynasty 21-25

Date: ca. 1069-664 B.C.

Medium: Glazed faience

Dimensions:

23 7/8 x 6 in. (60.6 x 15.3 cm)

Credit Line: Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection

Object number: 86.138.674

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

Label Text

This network of faience beads formed a decorative cover for a mummy. The beaded cover would have been placed on top of the mummified body after it had been carefully wrapped in a shroud. The amulets depicting the winged scarab and the Four Sons of Horus served to protect the deceased on the dangerous journey to the afterlife.
(J. Powers, 2010)

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Bead net with a winged scarab

Bead net with a winged scarab