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King Tut exhibit at the Pacific Science Center
Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Tutankhamun (1355-1346 BCE)
Cobra Collar with Counterweight
One of several engraved sheet gold collars found on the thorax of the mummy
The form is a Wadjet, a lower Egyptian goddess in the form of a winged cobra
It served to protection against evil, danger, or disease during life and after death