A beautiful Egyptian faience and stone beaded necklace with vibrant color. The Egyptian faience beads, c. 664 - 30 BC, are both tube and disk beads in a range of colors strung with modern brass fittings with round carnelians beads of an uncertain age and with an Egyptian carnelian poppy pendant which is New Kingdom - 3rd Intermediate Period, c. 1570 - 664 BC, in date. L: 22 in (47.3 cm). Ex estate of Maria (Lila) Decatur Mayo Deyo Garnett, niece of Ruth Deyo; Ex collection of Ruth Deyo, acquired early-mid 1900's. Mrs. Deyo was a world-renowned musician and personality, well-known for her appreciation of Egyptian culture.

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