Hedgehog on box pendant
This box pendant is topped with a tiny hedgehog whose round eyes and pointed snout have been indicated with wire tube whose projecting tongue is created with a granulated strip.
The hedgehog was well-known and observed throughout both Egyptian and Greek antiquity. Egyptians had long worn amulets of the small animal - possibly connecting its ability to hibernate and reemerge with rebirth - and its ability to roll into a tiny ball was admired.
The hedgehog was well-known and observed throughout both Egyptian and Greek antiquity. Egyptians had long worn amulets of the small animal - possibly connecting its ability to hibernate and reemerge with rebirth - and its ability to roll into a tiny ball was admired.
Artwork Details
- Title: Hedgehog on box pendant
- Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
- Date: 4th century –30 B.C., perhaps
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Gold
- Dimensions: L. 4.9 × W. 1.1 cm (1 15/16 × 7/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
- Object Number: 10.130.1516
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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