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Five Rowed Necklace with Amulets, ca. 1390-1352 B.C.E.. Faience, 6 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (17.1 x 35 cm). Gift of Mrs. Lawrence Coolidge and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, and the Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 48.66.69. Creative Commons-BY.
Faience necklaces with fruit and floral elements were highly prized by elite women and men in late Dynasty 18. Certainly worn for their visual appeal, this jewelry also had amuletic significance. Necklaces such as this one were believed to protect the wearer from evil spirits and natural dangers, such as snakes and scorpions, and to enhance sexual and regenerative powers in this life and the next.