Head from a Spoon in the form of a Swimming Girl
Cosmetic spoons in the shape of swimming girls were popular luxury goods in the New Kingdom. This exquisite travertine head, topped with an elaborately modeled wig of schist, incised to deliniate the individual locks, is all that is left of such a spoon (see 26.2.47for a complete example).
Artwork Details
- Title: Head from a Spoon in the form of a Swimming Girl
- Period: New Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 18
- Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
- Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, MMA excavations, 1910–12
- Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), steatite
- Dimensions: H. 2.8 × W. 2.7 × D. 2.3 cm (1 1/8 × 1 1/16 × 7/8 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1911
- Object Number: 11.215.533
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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