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Amulet of Sekhmet

Egyptian

Medium/Technique Faience
Dimensions Height: 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.2028
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentAmulets

DescriptionFaience; chocolate-brown; no glaze; figure of Sekhmet, lower part from waist broken off and missing; left arm also missing; drilled hole on back.
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.
(Accession date: June 28, 1872)