An Egyptian Electrum-Glass Bead depicting Harpokrates, Early Roman Imperial Period, ca. 50 BCE – 50 CE Medium - Terracotta Objects such as this extraordinary

Objects such as this extraordinary necklace accompanied members of the Chimu aristocracy to their graves and served as an emblem of their status

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the exterior incised with a pattern of alternating crosshatching

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An Egyptian Electrum-Glass Bead depicting Harpokrates, Early Roman Imperial Period, ca. 50 BCE – 50 CE Medium - Terracotta Objects such as this extraordinaryGold glass beads were a Hellenistic development. They were created by combining drawn tubes of colorless glass with gold or electrum foil. The earliest examples were finished bead by bead. This flat rectangular example of colorless glass, has rounded edges and corners with a hole pierced vertically through the bead. On the upper surface is Harpokrates the child in raised relief, facing front, wearing the sidelock of youth, his right arm raised holding