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Palaestrina. The ape, procured in Ethiopia, was sacred to Thoth and
held a high place in Egyptian sacred art. The pendant owls on this and
one other object of the Treasure seem to be unique, while pendant ducks
Fig. 166. Gold Pendant (size 15X11.5 cm.)
(seen in another of these ornaments) appear foreign to Egyptian art, but
are common to a wide European range in the Bronze Age.
Another of these pendants (Fig. 167) consists of a flat curved plate
ending in two repouss'e heads, — the eyes and eyebrows being originally
Fig. 167. Gold Ornament with Terminal Heads (length 18.6 cm.)
filled with glass paste, of which a particle still remains, — while ten small
gold disks depend from the chins of the terminal heads and the plate
between them. The backing, with a thick plain gold plate, and the care-
ful tooling of the surface, again recall the technique of the Vaphio cups.
391
Palaestrina. The ape, procured in Ethiopia, was sacred to Thoth and
held a high place in Egyptian sacred art. The pendant owls on this and
one other object of the Treasure seem to be unique, while pendant ducks
Fig. 166. Gold Pendant (size 15X11.5 cm.)
(seen in another of these ornaments) appear foreign to Egyptian art, but
are common to a wide European range in the Bronze Age.
Another of these pendants (Fig. 167) consists of a flat curved plate
ending in two repouss'e heads, — the eyes and eyebrows being originally
Fig. 167. Gold Ornament with Terminal Heads (length 18.6 cm.)
filled with glass paste, of which a particle still remains, — while ten small
gold disks depend from the chins of the terminal heads and the plate
between them. The backing, with a thick plain gold plate, and the care-
ful tooling of the surface, again recall the technique of the Vaphio cups.