The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Hinged Cuff Bracelet

Hinged Cuff Bracelet

Period:: New Kingdom
Dynasty:: Dynasty 18
Reign:: reign of Thutmose III
Date:: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Wadi D, Tomb 1
Medium:: Gold, carnelian, turquoise, glass
Dimensions:: H. 7 cm (2 3/4 in); diam. at top 6 cm (2 3/8 in); diam. at bottom 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in)
Credit Line:: Fletcher Fund, 1926
Accession Number:: 26.8.129

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 118

Description

These hinged bracelets (26.8.129, 26.8.130) are made of burnished gold inlaid with carnelian and glass that was originally turquoise and dark blue, but has faded. Each is inscribed on the inner surface with the cartouches and epithets of Thutmose III. They were worn on the wrist or upper arm with the king's name close to the woman's skin.
Provenance

Purchased in Luxor with other objects presumed to be from western Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb 1, 1920.
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What
Metal (59,364)

Costume (41,678)

Glass (16,037)

Gold (12,457)

Jewelry (7,519)

Chalcedony (2,967)

Bracelets (1,130)

Carnelian (1,103)

Turquoise (455)

Cuffs (243)
Where
Africa (33,501)

Egypt (29,889)

Upper Egypt (13,662)

Thebes (10,570)
When
2000-1000 B.C. (18,709)
In the Museum
Egyptian Art (26,254)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Egypt, 2000–1000 B.C.
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