page_title: Egyptian Finger and Toe stalls
hierarchical_section_title: Egyptian Finger and Toe stalls
caption_attribution_description: English: Finger stall, Group 2
context_page_description: Egyptian finger and toe stalls are pieces of gold jewelry used to protect digits during burial. Such stalls were used during the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, and where thought to protect the deceased from magical dangers. Toe stalls were discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamun, and a nearly complete set of finger and toe stalls was discovered in the tomb of one of the wives of Thutmose III in Thebes. The wives' jewelry is currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
context_section_description: Egyptian finger and toe stalls are pieces of gold jewelry used to protect digits during burial. Such stalls were used during the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, and where thought to protect the deceased from magical dangers. Toe stalls were discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamun, and a nearly complete set of finger and toe stalls was discovered in the tomb of one of the wives of Thutmose III in Thebes. The wives' jewelry is currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
caption: The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection of Finger and Toe stalls dating to the 15th century B.C.
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