Rosettes of Senebtisi

Rosettes of Senebtisi

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

These gold-foil rosettes were once thought to be wig decorations. A detailed study of the burial photographs shows them grouped together, suggesting they were sewn onto a piece of rolled or folded cloth, rather than spaced apart on hair. Rosettes were used to decorate imitation leopard skins and cloaks or funerary palls. Based on the small size of the rosettes and the cloth, it seems most likely they originate from a cloak.

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.