Two Fingers AmuletLate Period (664-332 BCE)

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Geffen Galleries

Title: Two Fingers Amulet
Place Made: Egypt
Date Made: Late Period (664-332 BCE)
Period: circa 1550-1530 B.C.
Medium: Stone
Dimensions: 1 x 4 3/8 in. (2.54 x 11.1125 cm)
Credit Line: Anonymous gift
Accession Number: AC1999.116.2
Classification: Jewelry and Adornments
Collecting Area: Egyptian Art
Curatorial Notes: Two Fingers amulets were sometimes placed within the wrappings of mummified individuals during the Late Period to symbolically close the wound in the lower left abdomen near the incision that had been made to remove the internal organs. This amulet represents the index and middle fingers of a right hand, shown at nearly lifesize, and was believed to render the individual intact for the afterlife.

Provenance: Sotheby’s, London sale, 1982, sold to Peter Lacovara, Atlanta; gift to LACMA by Peter Lacovara, 1999.
Provenance: Anonymous (sale, London, Sotheby’s, 1982, sold to); Peter Lacovara, gift 1999 to; LACMA.

On view:

Geffen Galleries

Title: Two Fingers Amulet
Place Made: Egypt
Date Made: Late Period (664-332 BCE)
Period: circa 1550-1530 B.C.
Medium: Stone
Dimensions: 1 x 4 3/8 in. (2.54 x 11.1125 cm)
Credit Line: Anonymous gift
Accession Number: AC1999.116.2
Classification: Jewelry and Adornments
Collecting Area: Egyptian Art
Curatorial Notes: Two Fingers amulets were sometimes placed within the wrappings of mummified individuals during the Late Period to symbolically close the wound in the lower left abdomen near the incision that had been made to remove the internal organs. This amulet represents the index and middle fingers of a right hand, shown at nearly lifesize, and was believed to render the individual intact for the afterlife.

Provenance: Sotheby’s, London sale, 1982, sold to Peter Lacovara, Atlanta; gift to LACMA by Peter Lacovara, 1999.
Provenance: Anonymous (sale, London, Sotheby’s, 1982, sold to); Peter Lacovara, gift 1999 to; LACMA.