Pectoral of Tutankhamun
A pharaoh’s pectoral with a winged scarab in gold, carnelian and glass.
The pectoral was found in the tomb of Tutankhamun, opened by Howard Carter in 1922. The tomb held over 5,000 objects. The jewel is in the Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza.
Materials: Gold, silver, carnelian, lapis lazuli, chalcedony, coloured glass
Manufacture: Cloisonné: stones and glass were cut to shape and set in cells of gold strip.
The scarab with bird’s wings carrying the sun – an image of sunrise.
The little gold cells round every stone.