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Finger Ring with a Frog

Egyptian (Artist)

1550-1279 BCE (New Kingdom, 18th-early 19th dynasty)

carnelian, gold lining
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia , Jewelry)

This finger ring displays the small figure of a frog squatting on top of the bezel. The frog is well carved with incised details. The stylized head of Hathor is incised on the bottom of the bezel. The gold lining is probably modern. The image of a frog symbolizes fecundity and fertility, and rings with frog figures were worn by women particularly during the New Kingdom.

Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.**

Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2013-2014	Egypt’s Mysterious Book of the Faiyum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
1984-1987	Objects of Adornment: Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota.
1987	Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery and the Zucker Family Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1979-1980	Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
	Examination	Examined
	Examination	Examined in preparation for exhibition.
10/8/1974	Treatment	cleaned
9/17/1998	Examination	survey

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Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 15/16 x W: 13/16 x D: 1/4 in. (2.4 x 2 x 0.7 cm); Bezel W: 1/16 in. (0.17 cm); Inner Diam.: 5/16 in. (0.83 cm); Outer Diam.: 1/2 in. (1.34 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Egyptian Art

Accession Number

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42.1470

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