An Egyptian Faience Ritual Model Situla, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Jewelry - Pendants The ‘ngalyipi’ vine grows up

The ‘ngalyipi’ vine grows up the trunks and limbs of the ‘kurrkara’ (desert oak [Allocasuarina decaisneana]) trees

She later donated a collection of those antique beads to the British Museum

Margaret Napangardi Brown was born in 1940 at Mount Doreen Station

933 (JE 95836—Book of the Amduat

and king's scribe

An Egyptian Faience Ritual Model Situla, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Jewelry - Pendants The ‘ngalyipi’ vine grows upThe situla was a deluxe ritual vessel that played an important role in Egyptian religious ceremonies and was intended to carry holy water for use in sacred activities. This amuletic miniature of milk churn shape is made from bright blue green glazed faience, has two raised handles on the rim that are pierced, while the flattened bottom and angular profile copy the metal style for the period. Small faience models, such as this example, are quite rare.