Floral collar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Object type: Broad Collar, floral
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Tutankhamun
Date: ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Medium: Papyrus, olive leaves, persea leaves, nightshade berries, celery (?), faience, linen dyed red
Dimensions: Diam. 47 cm (18 1/2 in.); Diam. of disk beads 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Box mount: W. 57 cm (22 7/16 in.); D. 57 cm (22 7/16 in.); H. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Valley of the Kings
Locale: Embalming cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54)
Excavation: Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907
Credit line: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909
Accession year: 1909