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amulet

Object NameHeart Amulet
Made FromGlass
Date1400-1350 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniquetrail-decorated, tooled, drilled
SizeOverall L: 2.1 cm
Accession Number59.1.50
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent deep blue, opaque white and opaque yellow glass, dull surface, some bubbles and stones; trail-decorated, tooled and drilled. Blue body with horizontally applied trails of white marvered in the surface, heavy trail of yellow applied at center within the area where two horizontal lugs are pulled out from body, one on either side, top has been reground recently, probably once retained an applied yellow trail, body flattened, tool marks evident.
Provenance
Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)
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