Head of a woman

Head of a woman

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The size of this beautifully carved head might suggest that it was part of an elaborate cosmetic spoon with a handle in the form of a swimming girl. However, the lower neck edge of heads that fit such spoons is normally flattened. This example may then have actually belonged to a small ivory statuette.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.