Blue Kerchief from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Object type: Kerchief, indigotin
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Tutankhamun
Date: ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Medium: Linen dyed with indigotin
Dimensions: L. 40 cm (15 3/4 in.); W. 53 cm (20 7/8 in.); thread count per inch: 86 x 188
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Valley of the Kings
Locale: Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54)
Excavation: Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–08
Credit line: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909
Accession year: 1909