Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Scarab Pectoral
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Accession Number:
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102110
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Order Title:
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History of Costume and Fashion (102059-103548)
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Type of View:
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detail
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View Title:
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view of pectoral with alternating pattern of scarab and uraeus
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Image description:
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The scarab represents the legend of endless life and the ceaseless journey of the sun. The uraeus is a sign of royalty.
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Image Rights:
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copyrighted
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Source Institution:
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NCSU Libraries
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Collection:
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Design Library Image Collection
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Culture:
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Egyptian
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Subject:
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pharaohs
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Subject:
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cobras (serpents)
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Subject:
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scarabs (sculpture)
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Work Types:
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Furnishings & Equipment; jewelry; pectorals
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Related Work Title:
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Tomb of Tutankhamun; related to
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Preferred Title:
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Scarab Pectoral
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Agent Display:
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Unknown (Egyptian)
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Date:
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1357-1351 BCE (creation)
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Materials:
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gold inlaid with lapis lazuli, carnelian, feldspar, and turquoise
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Locations:
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Tomb of Tutankhamun, Thebes - Valley of the Kings, Upper Egypt, Egypt
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Location Type:
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(discovery)
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Locations:
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Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
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Location Type:
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(repository)
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Style/Period:
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Egyptian (ancient)
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Style/Period:
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Eighteenth Dynasty
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Style/Period:
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New Kingdom (Egyptian)
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Classification:
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Decorative Arts
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