Metal-work and Jewelry 33 1 y found in the tombs, in metal, in wood, and in earthenware ; few, however, are as rich as that of Kha-em-uas. Each compartment of the golden frame-work is filled in either with coloured glass or with a piece of some pietra duj'a with a rich hue of its own. In the same case as this pectoral there are two golden hawks incrusted in the same fashion, which mav have belonged to a Fig. 311. — Pectoral. Actual fize. Drawn by Saint-Elme Gautier. similar jewel. The larger of the two (Fig. 312) has a ram's head.^ There is a necklace about its throat, and in its talons it grasps a pair of seals, the symbols of reproduction and eternity. The same emblem is held by the smaller hawk (Fig. 313), whose wings form a large crescent. ^ 1 PiERRET, Catalogue de la Salle Historique, Louvre. Xo. 535. - Ibid. Xo. 534.
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