peseshkaf

Peseshkaf

A spooned or fishtail-shaped ritual instrument made of flint, gold, carnelian, glass, or obsidian, the //Peseshkaf// was used during the Opening of the Mouth ceremony on the deceased's mummy. Believed to purify, it represented the blade used in childbirth to cut the umbilical cord. The //Peseshkaf// was occasionally buried with the dead.

Magical Objects