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