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Ancient Egyptian Faience Bead Mummy Mask with Four Sons of Horus and Winged Scarab
No. 84371325
No. 84371325
A fine Egyptian mummy mask panel made of small cream, turquoise, and red faience beads, restrung in their original arrangement. The panel shows a beaded composition forming a winged scarab, rendered in multi-coloured faience beads. Under the beaded scarab are the four Sons of Horus. Elongated turquoise faience beads connects the two compositions. The piece would have been part of a larger beaded mummy mask depicting a stylised human face.
Beaded mummy masks would have been placed over the face of the deceased at their burial, mostly for decorative or protective purposes. According to mythology, the Four Sons of Horus each were attributed a different organ to protect. For Imsety, the liver; for Duamutef, the stomach; for Hapi, the lungs; and for Qebehsenuef, the intestines.
Measurements: Circa L 13cm x W 12.4cm
Provenance: From Mariaud de Serres collection, Paris 1980-90s.
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