Floral collar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache, ca. 1336–1327
Floral collar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1336–1327 , From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907, Papyrus, olive leaves, persea leaves, nightshade berries, celery (?), faience, linen dyed red, diam. 47 cm (18 1/2 in); d. 17 cm (6 11/16 in); diam. disk beads cm (3/16 in), This remarkably preserved floral collar, from the embalming cache of Tutankhamun, illustrates how the broad collars so frequently depicted in Egyptian tomb paintings were made. Alternating rows of flower petals and blossoms, leaves, berries, and blue faience beads were sewn to a papyrus backing, and linen ties secured the collar around the wearer's neck
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