Jewelry The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Egyptian Hathor Turquoise Bracelet

Art Jewelry Makes A Unique Gift For Her.

This Semiprecious Turquoise Bracelet Reimagines Ancient Beads Of Faience (Ca. 1550–1295 B.C.)—A Ceramic Material Created In Brilliant Blue Hues—Which May Have Belonged To Various Necklaces Given As Offerings To Hathor: The Goddess Of Love, Beauty, And Fertility; The Fierce Protector Of Women; And The Daughter Of The Powerful Sun God, Re. Associated With The Sun’S Eternal Light, Faience Objects Were Thought To Possess Divine Properties. The Pendant Punctuating This Design Is Informed By A Cowroid Bead (Ca. 1550–1425 B.C.), Or Cowry Shell–Shaped Amulet, Also Dating To The New Kingdom And Housed In The Museum’S Egyptian Art Collection.