An Egyptian Electrum-Glass Bead depicting Harpokrates, Early Roman Imperial Period, ca. 50 BCE – 50 CE Medium - Terracotta the exterior incised with a

the exterior incised with a pattern of alternating crosshatching

The plaque is pierced vertically for attachment

2001—18th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award

CollectionsAboriginal Art Museum

with The Pacific Arts Symposium)

An Egyptian Electrum-Glass Bead depicting Harpokrates, Early Roman Imperial Period, ca. 50 BCE – 50 CE Medium - Terracotta the exterior incised with aGold glass beads were a Hellenistic development. They were created by combining drawn tubes of colorless glass with gold or electrum foil. The earliest examples were finished bead by bead. This flat rectangular example of colorless glass, has rounded edges and corners with a hole pierced vertically through the bead. On the upper surface is Harpokrates the child in raised relief, facing front, wearing the sidelock of youth, his right arm raised holding