Joie de Vivre jewelry

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This earthy brown, green, and gold 22" necklace features a side profile representation of the famous bust of Nefertiti, one of the most interesting and mysterious women of ancient Egypt. Even her name is unusual; it translates as "A Beautiful Woman Has Come" though her origins are relatively unknown. Her father might have been Ay, a courtier and brother to Queen Tiye, Akhenaten's mother. Nefertiti had six daughters in ten years with Akhenaten, the 18th dynasty pharoh who shifted the state capital to Amarna and state religion to the Aten rather than Amun. Akhenaten was father to Tutankhaten (later Tutankhamun, with the return of Amun in a central role), though Nefertiti was not King Tut's mother. Nefertiti received little attention until 1912, when German archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt discovered her portrait bust in the ruins of an Amarna workshop.

The necklace consists of marble stones spaced with wood and gold-plated brass beads. Limestone was one of the building materials in ancient Egypt, and marble is a metamorphic form of limestone. The golden pendant hangs from a curved tube with a large Korean boxwood drop, and the necklace fastens with a golden toggle clasp.

Cost: $68.00 USD

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Length: necklace - 22"

Materials:

  • gold-plated brass pendant
  • Korean boxwood circular drop
  • marble stones
  • wood spacer beads
  • gold-plated brass beads and components
  • gold-plated brass toggle clasp
  • Accuflex nylon coated stainless steel cord

Care & cleaning: Clean with a warm soapy water and avoid chemical or abrasive cleaners. Use a soft jewelry polishing cloth to clean tarnish appearing on metal.

The materials in this necklace are robust to hard tugs and pulls. As with all beaded jewelry: do not let young toddlers chew on it.

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This longer 22" pendant necklace can be worn with a variety of necklines.