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Plate 25: Amulets and Beads
Plate 25: Amulets and Beads
Public domain: Image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

Plate 25: Amulets and Beads

Artist (American, died 1864)
Artist (American, 1808–1875)
Date1851
Mediumcolor lithograph on cream wove paper
Dimensions22.1 x 15.7 cm (image), 27.4 x 18.2 cm (sheet)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineCharles E. Goodspeed Collection
Object number1910.48.1
DescriptionFrom Henry R. Schoolcraft, Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History, Conditions, and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States (Philadelphia, 1851)
On View
Not on view
Necklace with Beads and Amulets
Ancient Egyptian
New Kingdom, about 1539–1077 BCE to Late Period, about 664–332 BCE
Pataikos amulets with ball beads
Ancient Egyptian
Middle Kingdom, about 1980–1760 BCE
black background
Ancient Egyptian
Middle Kingdom, about 1980–1760 BCE
black background
Ancient Egyptian
Middle Kingdom, about 1980–1760 BCE
Sumida River-Mist
Yoshida, Hiroshi
1926
Seated Cat Amulet with Mummy Beads
Ancient Egyptian
beads: Late Period, about 664–332 BCE
Drawing for a Sculpture #19
Jill Slosburg-Ackerman
2004