An Egyptian Faience Lotus Terminal, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Amulets - Protection Mountain Thorny Desert Dreaming

Mountain Thorny Desert Dreaming

Papunya Tula Artists

Provenance: Scheifele Family private collection

The metate and mano were carved out of various types of porous volcanic rock

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An Egyptian Faience Lotus Terminal, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Amulets - Protection Mountain Thorny Desert DreamingThis pale green faience necklace terminal is molded in the shape of a lotus flower. At the rounded end, three holes provide attachment for three rows of beads that feed to a large hole at the other end. Condition: Intact and in excellent condition overall Dimensions: Height: 3 4 inch (2 cm) Provenance: Norma Goldman (1922 2011), classics professor at Wayne State University, Detroit who made many trips to Europe and the Middle East and assembled her