Girdle
Object type: Girdle, hip belt, fiber
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Palm leaf
Dimensions: L. 52 cm (20 1/2 in.); W. 5 cm (1 15/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Hatshepsut Hole
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1922–23
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1923
Accession year: 1923