Stranded Memories
Kyoto
Hermann Claasen, Köln-Lindenthal. Düren. Graveyard at Hürtgenwald (one from a series of three), 1944-47
Amulet of Bes
Bes was a protector of households, and in particular, of mothers and children and childbirth. Ptolemaic Period, 3rd-2nd century BC.
The Immortals of Ancient Egypt: From the Abraham Guterman Collection of Ancient Egyptian Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Photo by David A. Loggie
Female head with elaborate hairstyle, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Gift of E. S. David, 1949 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Limestone












