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A basket (36.3.189a, b) with toiletry equipment was found next to the coffin (36.3.184) of an elderly woman. Among other items, the basket contained four bundles of hair extensions (36.3.191–.193, .196) and two braids of hair and linen (36.3.194–.195), as well as an alabaster kohl jar with its ebony stick (36.3.190a–c) and a small wooden box (36.3.199).
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Title: Bundle of Hair Extensions
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Thutmose II to Joint reign
Date: ca. 1492–1473 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, below the Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), burial 2, in basket, MMA excavations, 1935–36
Medium: Hair (probably human)
Dimensions: L. 19 cm (7 1/2 in)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession Number: 36.3.191
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