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Ivory wand or apotropaia. Egyptian. Late Middle Kingdom. about 1750 BC From Thebes. adorned with images of proactive forces. In life. they were used to defend the mother and child from hostile powers. They were also placed in tombs to protect the dead person at the time of rebirth.
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Ivory wand or apotropaia. Egyptian. Late Middle Kingdom. about 1750 BC From Thebes. adorned with images of proactive forces. In life. they were used to defend the mother and child from hostile powers. They were also placed in tombs to protect the dead person at the time of rebirth.
Credit:
Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive
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Image size:
5100 x 2163 px | 31.6 MB
Print size:
43.2 x 18.3 cm | 17.0 x 7.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
ADORNED • AFTERLIFE • ANCIENT EGYPT • APOTROPAIA • BURIAL • DEATH • EGYPT • EGYPTIAN ART • EGYPTIAN • EGYPTIANS • FAMILY: MOTHER AND CHILD • FORCES • FUNERAL • FUNERARY • GRAVE • IVORY • KEEP WARM • LATE MIDDLE KINGDOM • LUXOR • MAGIC WAND • MOTHER AND CHILD • MOTHER AND SON • PROACTIVE • PROTECT • REBIRTH • RELATIONSHIP MOTHER-SON • SEPULCHER • SÉPULCRE • TEBAS • THÈBES • TOMB • WAND
