Wig (a) and nemes tail (b)
New Kingdom
Not on view
These two fragments belong to the group of fragments from the Great Aten Temple at Amarna Petrie and Carter in 1891-2. They constitute a significant contribution to the research on the temple statuary. The wig could be royal or non-royal, and is so flat as to possibly be relief rather than statuary. The fragment once termed a beard is actually probably part of the tail of a nemes headdress, although there is no join to other fragments in the museum.
The fragments reached the museum by a circuitous path. A French dealer Joseph Altounian was the next major purchaser after the Museum when the Museum purchased Amarna temple fragments dispersed at auction in 1921. In 1957 when M. Altounian died, the Museum purchased the Amarna fragments left at his death. These two fragments had been retained in the family and only recently became available.
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