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Egyptian Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 26,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from the Paleolithic to the Roman period (ca. 300,000 B.C.–A.D. 4th century). More than half of the collection is derived from the Museum's thirty-five years of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing Western interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

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Amarna Embellished Tape

Beaded & Embroidered

SC T3336

Amarna Embellished Tape

Material Width: 5.25"
Repeat: 2.5"

Broad collar of Senebtisi

From Egypt, Middle Kingdom
Faience, gold, carnelian, turquoise; falcon heads and leaf pendants originally gilded plaster, restored in gilded silver; eyes originally gilded beads, restored in gilded plaster; ca. 1850–1775 B.C.
Rogers Fund, 1908 08.200.30

Inspired by a broad collar belonging to an ancient Egyptian noblewoman named Senebtisi, this tape mimics the brilliant colors and design intricacy seen on The Met’s adornment from the Middle Kingdom. In the early Egyptian dynasties, jewelry was made of colored pebbles. These were gradually replaced by glazed beads and semiprecious stones such as turquoise and carnelian, both of which are displayed on this collar in a linear pattern along with two falcon heads, which symbolize divine kingship.

This trim is embroidered on a linen ground with multicolor viscose and intricate beading to add depth and elegance.