Large Oval Storage Basket
Object type: Basket, lid, oval, embalming cache material, bandages
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Thutmose II–Early Joint reign
Date: ca. 1492–1473 B.C.
Medium: Halfa grass, palm leaf, linen cord
Dimensions: Basket: L. 55 cm (21 5/8 in.); W. 40 cm (15 3/4 in.)
Lid: L. 46.5 cm (18 5/16 in.); w. 33 cm (13 in.)
Overall: H. 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Locale: Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1935–36
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession year: 1936