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Amulet of a crocodile
Egyptian
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Length: 2.5 cm (1 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.2474
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Amulets
DescriptionThroughout ancient Egyptian history, people wore amulets of crocodiles as protection against actual crocodiles. Faience; blue-green; glazed; incrusted with brown; head broken off and missing; hole below neck.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.