Altafrikanische art treasures in museums of the GDR - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1978 - 40 Pfennig

Old African Art Treasures in Museums of the GDR With pictures of Old African art shooters from GDR museums, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic publishes six multi-colored special postage stamps. Special cancellations from June 20 to August 19, 1978 Old-African art shooters in GDR museums The motifs of this special postage stamp issue reflect objects from the rich collections of the Egyptian Museum of the Karl Marx University Leipzig and the Egyptian Museum of the National Museums in Berlin in the exhibition "Africa in Antiquity - Art Treasures from Nubia and Sudan" organized by the Brooklyn Museum, NY, USA, with scientific support from the National Museums in Berlin, GDR, 1978/79. 40 Pfennig: Necklaces, Semiprecious Stones / Faience, 1, Jh. V. Chr. u. Z. - Egyptian Museum Berlin In the pyramid of the queen Amanishakheto one found besides the rich jewelery also a large number of pearls and amulets from semiprecious stones (white, green, red, dark blue), faience (yellow, green, blue, light blue) and glass , which were later assembled in the Egyptian Museum Berlin to two neck collars. The reconstruction was carried out after relief representations of the acquired from Egypt neck collar, which when worn by a counterweight on the back. were saved from slipping. The modern composite neck collar consists of tubular, disc and teardrop-shaped beads, in addition many Egyptian known amulets such as fish, scarabs, Anch characters (vital signs), Djed pillars (pillars of duration, resistance), Ujat eyes (symbol for well-being) and uraeus snakes (symbol of domination).