Bidspirit auction | Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace String

Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace String with Taweret Amulet - Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Restrung using mainly annular and tubular beads, two wedjat eye pendants with black detailing; a large Taweret pendant to the centre, the hippopotamus goddess modelled advancing on a tongue-shaped plinth and wearing a tripartite wig; repaired. 12.7 grams, 31 cm (12 1/8 in.). From the vendor's grandfather's collection, formed in the 1950s; thence by family descent circa 1974. Taweret was a female hippopotamus, with the arms and legs of a lion and the back and tail of a crocodile. Despite her fearsome appearance, Taweret was a household deity and protector of women in childbirth.