Snake's Head Pendant with Necklace

Description Snake head pendants should protect its owner (living or deceased) from outside dangers. They were particularly popular in the New Kingdom. This pendant is part of a necklace of ovoid beads. The beads seem to be ancient as a pendant itself but have been restrung. The pendant is pierced at the neck of the snake.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
10/08/1974	Treatment	cleaned
11/24/1998	Examination	survey

Exhibitions

• Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.

Provenance Joseph Abemayor, Cairo, by 1931 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1931