Vintage Gold-plated Charm Pendants on a Necklace, MMA 1976 Sculpture - Architectural the opposite edge slightly wider

the opposite edge slightly wider and unsharpened

Dimensions: Overall diameter: 10 inches (25

acquired in Egypt between 1900 and 1907

The spiral beads have been suspended from elegant gold chain links

Vintage Gold-plated Charm Pendants on a Necklace, MMA 1976 Sculpture - Architectural the opposite edge slightly widerThese vintage gold plated charms, comprising an owl, two Ma'at feathers, and two folded cloth symbols as part of the 1976 Metropolitan Museum of Art's Treasures of Tutankhamun Exhibit. They have recently been strung as a necklace using coin shaped freshwater baroque pearls and gold plated spacers. The Pharaoh Owl was much respected and feared throughout Egypt. It was honored through mummification and sculpture and was used as the hieroglyphic symbol