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Background: The pairing of a central figure with winged genies or hybrid creatures and a sacred tree is characteristic of Neo-Assyrian glyptic art from the 9th–7th centuries BCE
Slocum private Collection of Ancient Art: John Slocum (1914-1997) collected most of his antiquities while serving as US cultural attaché to Egypt in the 1960s
The spiral beads have been suspended from elegant gold chain links
Vintage Gold-plated Charm Pendants on a Necklace, MMA 1976 Sculpture - Architectural acquired Hotel Drouot ParisThese vintage gold plated charms, comprising an owl, two Ma'at feathers, and two folded cloth symbols as part of the 1976 Metropolitan Museum of Art's Treasures of Tutankhamun Exhibit. They have recently been strung as a necklace using coin shaped freshwater baroque pearls and gold plated spacers. The Pharaoh Owl was much respected and feared throughout Egypt. It was honored through mummification and sculpture and was used as the hieroglyphic symbol