Head of a woman

New Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 117

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.

Head of a woman, Ivory (Hippopotamus), Egyptian blue (traces)

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Head of a woman, Ivory (Hippopotamus), Egyptian blue (traces)
Head of a woman, Ivory (Hippopotamus), Egyptian blue (traces)
Head of a woman, Ivory (Hippopotamus), Egyptian blue (traces)
Head of a woman, Ivory (Hippopotamus), Egyptian blue (traces)
Head of a woman, Ivory (Hippopotamus), Egyptian blue (traces)
Head of a woman, Ivory (Hippopotamus), Egyptian blue (traces)
Head of a woman, Ivory (Hippopotamus), Egyptian blue (traces)

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