An Egyptian Faience Isis Knot Amulet set as a pendant, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Amulets and were shaped into bowls

and were shaped into bowls

Dimensions:  Height: Width: 8 3/4 inches (22

restrung and separated by antique 18K gold spacers

and members of the extended family heard about the Balgo Community from other Pintupi travelers and made the long trip northwards in the 1950’s

Dimensions: 118 cm (46

An Egyptian Faience Isis Knot Amulet set as a pendant, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Amulets and were shaped into bowlsThe Tyt knot, also known as the girdle of Isis, has been described as "an open loop of material from whose bound lower end hangs a long sash flanked by two folded loops". Its name may derive from Egyptian tayt, meaning "shroud" or "curtain". Even in written sources the meaning and symbolism of this object seems to be similar to those of the ankh, and the sign is often translated as "life" or "welfare." Knots were widely used as amulets because the