A rare Egyptian PreDynastic Breccia Macehead, Pre-Dynastic Period, ca. 3500 - 3200 BCE Jewelry - Varia and Tjanefer and a granddaughter

and Tjanefer and a granddaughter of Pinudjem I

North-east Arnhem Land is home to the Yolŋu (Yolngu) people

Linen represents purity and eternal life

especially from the early medieval period

Her right hand rests casually atop a herm (bearded male head set on a pillar)

A rare Egyptian PreDynastic Breccia Macehead, Pre-Dynastic Period, ca. 3500 - 3200 BCE Jewelry - Varia and Tjanefer and a granddaughterThe spherical=shaped head pierced longitudinally for attachment to a wooden shaft, carved from a pink and cream breccia. Because of the fragile nature of the stone, breccia mace heads were thought to be ceremonial and not for use in warfare. The rarity of the stone would also indicate that it belonged to a person of the royal bloodline. A mace is a basic hand held weapon, half way between a club and a hammer. Symbols of military might, Egyptian