Disk Made of Two Sheets of Gold, One Concave the Other Decorated with Feathers or Palm Fronds
Unknown Artist
ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Medium
Gold
Dimensions
H. 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.); W. 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Classification
Disk, formerly reconstructed as headpiece of a wig cover
Period
New Kingdom
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Henry Walters and Edward S. Harkness Gifts, 1922
Accession Number
26.8.117bb
Rights
Public Domain