Floral Garland Fragments
Unknown Artist
ca. 1050 B.C.
Medium
Persea leaves, lotus petals, palm leaves
Dimensions
various
Classification
Garland, Nauny
Period
Third Intermediate Period
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.3.33b
Art Historical Context
These delicate *Floral Garland Fragments*, to around 1050 B.C. from Egypt's Third Intermediate Period (asty 21), offer a rare glimpse into the ephemeral beauty of ancient rituals. Crafted from persea leaves, lotus petals and palm leaves—natural materials that seldom survive millennia—these pieces were likely part of garlands worn or offered during funerals or temple ceremonies. Preserved by Egypt's arid climate, they now reside in the Metropolitan Museum of's Egyptian Art Department, through the Rogers Fund in 193. In Dynasty 21, a time of political fragmentation following the New Kingdom's g...