Fist amulet

Unknown

664–30 B.C. · Black stone · Egyptian Art

Unlike the fist clenched with thumb protruding between the first two fingers (15.43.41), this is a simple clenched fist. There is a twisted bracelet around the wrist and a hole pierces the arm laterally.

Artist

Unknown

Date

664–30 B.C.

Medium

Black stone

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915