ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Lioness Head Necklace

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodNew Kingdom

Date1539-1077 BCE

MediumFaience

Credit LineMohamed Farid Khamis/Oriental Weavers Fund

Dimensions17 x 3/4 in. (43.2 x 1.9 cm)

Object number2017.010.001

Exhibition HistoryMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, 1920-1938
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, 1945-1960
The Jewels of Egypt, Museum of Man, San Diego, California, Summer 1968
Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 10 - November 11, 2018
Published References"List of Loans: Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition," The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 15 (May 1920): 112.

ProvenanceEx coll. Goddard (ca. 1870-1925) and Josephine (1869-1961) Du Bois, San Diego, California and New York, New York, acquired in Egypt, 1900-1907. Thence by descent. Purchased by MCCM from Midnight Sun Antiquie Auction Company, Carson, California.

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