Two Beads or Amulets in the Form of Birds
Ancient Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18–19 (about 1550–1186 BCE)
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Duck broken on proper right: 0.7 × 1.1 × 2.1 cm (5/16 × 7/16 × 7/8 in.); Duck broken on proper left: 0.9 × 1.1 × 2 cm (3/8 × 7/16 × 13/16 in.)
Classification
amulet
Department
Arts of Africa
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
140530
About the Artist
Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian artists, a collective of highly skilled artisans spanning over three millennia from the Predynastic period (c. 6000–3150 BC) to the Roman era (30 BC–4th century AD), produced some of humanity's most enduring masterpieces. These anonymous craftsmen, often organized in state-sponsored workshops, lived in dedicated communities like Deir el-Medina near Luxor during the New Kingdom (c....