This necklace with pectoral from Princess Sithathoryunet, 12th Dynasty Egypt is made from gold, carnelian, lapis lazuli, turquoise, feldspar and garnet. The beauty of this necklace lies in its intricate meaning. The two falcons have sun disks on their heads, which in turn have royal cobras with their tails holding ankhs (representing life). The cobras’ […]
Last month Fulaba did its first giveaway offering a free pair of gold dipped Fulani earrings to the best pic representing African queendom. There were a lot of beautiful entries but in the end we had to select Taundra whose look reminded us of warrior African Queen Nzinga of the Ndongo and Matamba kingdoms (present […]
Princess Sithathoryunet, daughter of Khakeperre Senruset II, the 4th Pharaoh of the 12th Dynasty who ruled over Egypt from 1897 to 1878 B.C. had lots of jewelry in her tomb including the above pictured lion bracelet and claw anklet. The bracelet and anklet are dated around 1887-1813 B.C. during the reigns of Senwosret II and […]
