Bundle of Hair Extensions

Bundle of Hair Extensions

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

A basket (36.3.189a, b) with toiletry equipment was found next to the coffin (36.3.184) of an elderly woman. Among other items, the basket contained four bundles of hair extensions (36.3.191–.193, .196) and two braids of hair and linen (36.3.194–.195), as well as an alabaster kohl jar with its ebony stick (36.3.190a–c) and a small wooden box (36.3.199).

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.