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Wig Cover Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III (ca. 1479-1425 BC) Gold, gesso carnelian, jasper, glass From the Tomb of the Three Minor Wives of Thutmose III in the Waddy Gabbanat el-Qurud, Thebes Accession Numbers: 26.8.117a 58.153.1-3 66.2.1 66.2.7 1970.169.80 1982.137.1 The jewelry elements from which this intriguing object is composed were found separately. The present assemblage is a suggested reconstruction based on the shapes of the elements and the various rings and joints attached to them. On top of the head is a fan-shaped plate on which palm fronds or feathers are chased. The cloisons between them were originally inlaid with Egyptian blue frit. Rings along the edges may have attached strips of rosettes to the head plate. The rosettes and other elements were inlaid with carnelian, occasional pieces of jasper, and many glass elements whose original turquiose and blue color has largely faded. Flowers and feathers are age-old elements of queens' crowns, although in most cases the feathers on top of such crowns are in upright position. If the reconstruction here presented is correct, this headdress with its two-dimensional feather head plate, was made for the mummy of one of Thutmose's minor wives, since the narrow space of a coffin would not have accommodated a crown of upright feathers. Pictorial representations of feather crowns in New Kingdom court life indicate that they were worn by queens and priestesses at occasion when the pharaoh's divine nature was invoked. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Wig Cover Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III (ca. 1479-1425 BC) Gold, gesso carnelian, jasper, glass From the Tomb of the Three Minor Wives of Thutmose III in the Waddy Gabbanat el-Qurud, Thebes Accession Numbers: 26.8.117a 58.153.1-3 66.2.1 66.2.7 1970.169.80 1982.137.1 The jewelry elements from which this intriguing object is composed were found separately. The present assemblage is a suggested reconstruction based on the shapes of the elements and the various rings and joints attached to them. On top of the head is a fan-shaped plate on which palm fronds or feathers are chased. The cloisons between them were originally inlaid with Egyptian blue frit. Rings along the edges may have attached strips of rosettes to the head plate. The rosettes and other elements were inlaid with carnelian, occasional pieces of jasper, and many glass elements whose original turquiose and blue color has largely faded. Flowers and feathers are age-old elements of queens' crowns, although in most cases the feathers on top of such crowns are in upright position. If the reconstruction here presented is correct, this headdress with its two-dimensional feather head plate, was made for the mummy of one of Thutmose's minor wives, since the narrow space of a coffin would not have accommodated a crown of upright feathers. Pictorial representations of feather crowns in New Kingdom court life indicate that they were worn by queens and priestesses at occasion when the pharaoh's divine nature was invoked. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Wig rings of Sithathoryunet, on a modern wig, ca. 1887–1813 B.C. Object Details Period: Middle Kingdom Dynasty: Dynasty 12 Reign: reign of Senwosret II–Amenemhat III Date: ca. 1887–1813 B.C. Geography: From Egypt, Fayum Entrance Area, Lahun, Tomb of Sithathoryunet (BSA Tomb 8), BSAE excavations 1914 Medium: Gold Dimensions: Diam. large rings 0.9 cm (3/8 in); Diam. small rings .45 cm (3/16 in) Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Henry Walters Gift, 1916 Accession Number: 16.1.25–.26-related Two boxes in the jewelry niche of Sithathoryunet's tomb seem to have held her ceremonial wigs. The wooden boxes and hair had completely decomposed, but 1,251 gold rings in two sizes that had decorated one of the wigs were preserved. They have been placed on a modern wig in an arrangement suggested by a wooden head that the Metropolitan Museum excavated at Lisht, another Middle Kingdom royal cemetery. A gold crown and a pectoral with the name of Amenemhat III, both in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, were packed in the same box with the ornamented wig. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/656816

Wig rings of Sithathoryunet, on a modern wig, ca. 1887–1813 B.C. Object Details Period: Middle Kingdom Dynasty: Dynasty 12 Reign: reign of Senwosret II–Amenemhat III Date: ca. 1887–1813 B.C. Geography: From Egypt, Fayum Entrance Area, Lahun, Tomb of Sithathoryunet (BSA Tomb 8), BSAE excavations 1914 Medium: Gold Dimensions: Diam. large rings 0.9 cm (3/8 in); Diam. small rings .45 cm (3/16 in) Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Henry Walters Gift, 1916 Accession Number: 16.1.25–.26-related Two boxes in the jewelry niche of Sithathoryunet's tomb seem to have held her ceremonial wigs. The wooden boxes and hair had completely decomposed, but 1,251 gold rings in two sizes that had decorated one of the wigs were preserved. They have been placed on a modern wig in an arrangement suggested by a wooden head that the Metropolitan Museum excavated at Lisht, another Middle Kingdom royal cemetery. A gold crown and a pectoral with the name of Amenemhat III, both in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, were packed in the same box with the ornamented wig. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/656816