Floral Garland Fragments
These fragments come from a floral collar (see 30.3.33a) made of persea leaves and lotus petals sewn with a double running stich over thin strips of palm leaf. It was found over the left breast of the wrapped mummy of Nauny, a member of the family of the High Priests of Amun who lived around 1050 B.C.
Artwork Details
- Title: Floral Garland Fragments
- Period: Third Intermediate Period
- Dynasty: Dynasty 21
- Reign: reign of Psusennes I
- Date: ca. 1050 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Meritamun (TT 358, MMA 65), Crypt, mummy of Meritamun, MMA excavations, 1928–1929
- Medium: Persea leaves, lotus petals, palm leaves
- Dimensions: various
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1930
- Object Number: 30.3.33b
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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