Necklace

The van Haersolte Collection

Necklace. A decorative way of wearing amulets for protection against evil forces and securing the intervention of the gods on their behalf.

Necklace composed of tubular blue faience beads alternating with yellow clay beads. Hanging from these are five faience beads, one is an eye of Horus, another is in the shape of an eye of Horus without any detail, and yet anothert is a square with a bas-relief eye of Horus bead with an overall square shape. To one side is an unidentifiable shape and at the centre is a stylized humanoid figure.