Anklet of Wah ca. 1981-1975 B.C. Middle Kingdom Wah's broad collar, anklets and bracelets were made as funerary ornaments for the burial and were found in the layers of linen wrapping that were closest to the body; the collar had been tied around the neck, and the bracelets and anklets had been laid over the lower arms and legs. They are all made of a ceramic material called Egyptian faience. Beaded jewelry sets of this type are illustrated in the object friezes that decorate many Middle Kingdom coffins, and fragmentary examples have been found in numerous tombs of the period.. Anklet of Wah. ca. 1981-1975 B.C.. Faience, linen thread. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif, Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102), Mummy, MMA excavations, 1920. Dynasty 12
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