egypt-museum:Usekh Collar of Tutankhamun with CounterweightA rainbow of colors: This broad collar ha
egypt-museum:Usekh Collar of Tutankhamun with CounterweightA rainbow of colors: This broad collar has 11 main sections made of gold, as well as a counterweight or (mankhet). It is standard collar of tubular beads and has hawks heads at either end.Each section has 8 rows of plaques, made of colored glass. The glass was meant to imitate semi-precious stones: light blue for turquoise, dark blue for lapis lazuli, black for obsidian and red for carnelian. The ninth row represents flower buds.The Usekh or Wesekh is a personal ornament, a type of broad collar or necklace. It was one of the most common types of Egyptian ornaments. It could be composed of faience beads, flower petals, or gold with semi-precious stone or glass inlays.From the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.JE 61880Photo: Kenneth Garrett -- source link