Description
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907
Medium:Papyrus, olive leaves, persea leaves, nightshade berries, celery (?), faience, linen dyed red
Dimensions:diam. 47 cm (18 1/2 in); d. 17 cm (6 11/16 in); diam. disk beads 0.5 cm (3/16 in)
Credit Line:Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909
Accession Number:09.184.216
This remarkably preserved floral collar, from the embalming cache of Tutankhamun, illustrates how the broad collars so frequently depicted in Egyptian tomb paintings were made. Alternating rows of flower petals and blossoms, leaves, berries, and blue faience beads were sewn to a papyrus backing, and linen ties secured the collar around the wearer's neck. Some of the flora used in the Tutankhamun collars (09.184.214) have been identified as olive leaves, cornflowers, and poppies. Several collars in the cache were bound around the edge with red cloth (09.184.215), and the resulting combination of red, blue, black, and green must have been very colorful and similar to the polychrome decoration on some of the terracotta vessels in the same deposit (09.184.90).
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907
Medium:Papyrus, olive leaves, persea leaves, nightshade berries, celery (?), faience, linen dyed red
Dimensions:diam. 47 cm (18 1/2 in); d. 17 cm (6 11/16 in); diam. disk beads 0.5 cm (3/16 in)
Credit Line:Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909
Accession Number:09.184.216
This remarkably preserved floral collar, from the embalming cache of Tutankhamun, illustrates how the broad collars so frequently depicted in Egyptian tomb paintings were made. Alternating rows of flower petals and blossoms, leaves, berries, and blue faience beads were sewn to a papyrus backing, and linen ties secured the collar around the wearer's neck. Some of the flora used in the Tutankhamun collars (09.184.214) have been identified as olive leaves, cornflowers, and poppies. Several collars in the cache were bound around the edge with red cloth (09.184.215), and the resulting combination of red, blue, black, and green must have been very colorful and similar to the polychrome decoration on some of the terracotta vessels in the same deposit (09.184.90).
Source
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544782
Date
1909 (accession date)
Original Format
photo
Photo
Citation
Citation
“Floral collar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache,” The Emma B. Andrews Diary Project, accessed March 14, 2025, http://emmabandrews.org/project/items/show/209.