Winged Goddess

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This kneeling woman is a goddess with protective outspread wings. On her head are cows' horns and a sun disk, which are elements that could be worn by various goddesses. Nut, the goddess of the sky, is often depicted with outstretched wings, but similar representations are also known for the goddess Isis. The piece features several small holes that were made for either sewing the pieces onto a mummy's wrappings or for incorporating them into beaded nets, which were placed on top of a wrapped mummy.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Metropolitan Museum of Art