Model Basket from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple
Object type: Basket
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Basketry (grass)
Dimensions: l. 19 cm (7 1/2 in); w. 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in); h. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Hatshepsut
Locus: Foundation Deposit 2b (B)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1921–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922