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Third Intermediate Period
Five bracelets of linen were found around the right wrist of Henettawy’s mummy. This one, made of two 2-ply strands, bears no beads or amulets, but instead is enhanced only by regularly spaced knots.
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Title: Knotted bracelet
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: late Dynasty 21
Date: ca. 1000–945 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Henettawy F (MMA 59), MMA excavations, 1923–24
Medium: Linen
Dimensions: Diam. ca. 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Object Number: 25.3.190a
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