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New Kingdom
This small basket was found with the burial of an unnamed woman. When discovered, the basket contained a small wood box, a kohl jar and stick, and bundles of braids and hair extensions. These would have been used to augment the owner’s own hair to create the fashionable hairstyles of the period.
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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
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