Meditations

Broad collar of Wah. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat I, early (ca. 1981–1975 B.C.). From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif, Tomb of Wah, Mummy, in wrappings on chest, MMA excavations, 1920. Faience, linen thread, H. 34.5 cm (13 9/16 in.), W. 39 cm (15 3/8 in.). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1940 (40.3.2)

The Magical Powers of Egyptian Faience | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Faience -believed to carry the light of Immortality.