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Wig fragment

New Kingdom, Ramesside

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 124

The staggered placement of the curls is typical of the reign of Ramesses II. The tapered lower edge of the wig is similar to that of a statue of Ramesses II in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. This wig was probably part of an over-life-size statue of the same king.

Wig fragment, Probably African blackwood or ironwood (Egyptian ebony)

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