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Circular Basket with Conical Lid

New Kingdom
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 116
This small basket was found with the burial of an unnamed woman. When discovered, the basket contained a small wood box. These would have been used to augment the owner’s own hair to create the fashionable hairstyles of the period.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Circular Basket with Conical Lid
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 18
  • Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
  • Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, below the Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), burial 2, MMA excavations, 1935–36
  • Medium: Halfa grass, dyed grass, linen cord
  • Dimensions: H. 17 cm (6 11/16 in); diam. 28 cm (11 in)
    H. of basket only 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in)
    D. of lid 16 cm (6 5/16 in)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1936
  • Object Number: 36.3.189a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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