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Flexible collar of Nebti, combination of
Nekhebet and Buto (vulture and winged serpent) with superb workmanship. Made up of
171 gold plaques inlaid with polychrome glass and threaded together with
borders of tiny beads. Each plaque has a tiny eyelet at its top and
bottom and these were threaded together to make the whole piece 'whole'. Tutankhamun's Death Mask and funerary goods. Cairo Museum, Egypt. |