Necklace with Scarab

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodLate Period

Date722-332 BCE

MediumFaience, stone, modern restringing

Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation

Dimensions11 13/16 x 19 11/16 in. (30 x 50 cm)

Object number2018.010.195

Label TextAncient Egyptian broad collars were composed of faience tubular beads strung together and anchored to a terminal at each end. This modern scarab “statement” necklace is loosely patterned after the Egyptian beaded broad collar without terminals. The necklace incorporates blue faience tubular beads and disk beads of yellow, black, white, red, brown, and green. At the center is a large scarab with beaded “wings” incorporated into the collar. The scarab’s inscription on the underside is badly worn and unreadable.
Exhibition HistoryMichael C. Carlos Museum, Veneralia 2019 Senuseret Collection Preview, May 18, 2019
Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
Published ReferencesMelinda K. Hartwig, ed. Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), catalogue entry 13.

ProvenanceEx coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.

Status

Not on view

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