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Pendant:  Bes, The Dwarf God
Pendant: Bes, The Dwarf God

Pendant: Bes, The Dwarf God

Object number47.48
ProvenanceNasli Heeramaneck, New York, New York; gift from Mr. Heeramaneck to Seattle Art Museum/ Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, Seattle, Washington, February 12, 1947
Exhibition HistoryBirmingham, Alabama, Birmingham Museum of Art, Through Ancient Eyes: Portraiture In Ancient Egypt, Apr. 21 - July 31, 1988. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Museum: Mixed Metaphors, Fred Wilson, Jan. 28 - June 13, 1993.
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions2 5/8 x 15/16 x 3/4 in. (6.7 x 2.4 x 1.9 cm)
MediumFaience
Amulet:  Wedjat Eye of the God Horus
Egyptian
Object number: 61.64
Miniature Amulet:  Bes
Egyptian
Object number: 41.16
Bes
Egyptian, Roman period
1st century B.C. - 1st century A.D.
Object number: 47.86
Pendant: Isis knot
Egyptian
Object number: 75.18
Pendant:  Figure of Sakhmet
Egyptian
Object number: 61.68
Pendant:  Horus and Child
Egyptian
Object number: 47.83
Dwarf god Ptah
first millennium B.C.
Object number: 46.15
Head of Pataek (Ptah, The Dwarf)
Egyptian
Object number: 52.158
Head of Pataek (Ptah, The Dwarf)
Egyptian
Object number: 52.159
Head of Bastet from a menat (beaded necklace with counterpoise)
Egyptian
2nd-1st century B.C.
Object number: 68.87
Chain of beads
Egyptian
Object number: 75.14
Chain of beads
Egyptian
Object number: 75.15