Relief of a woman with a hairpin - see 26.3.353-5

Middle Kingdom

ca. 2051–2030 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 104

This fragment depicts a woman wearing beaded head bands and a hairpin. For an example of the hairpin, see 07.228.165.

For other reliefs from the tomb of Neferu, see 26.3.353* and 31.3.1.

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Title: Relief of a woman with a hairpin - see 26.3.353-5
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Reign: reign of Mentuhotep II
Date: ca. 2051–2030 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Neferu (TT 319, MMA 31), Chapel, MMA excavations, 1923–25
Medium: Limestone, paint
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1926
Object Number: 26.3.353ww
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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