Braided Human Hair
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Nov 1964
name: label: Donor Name
content: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
notes: label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Hair extensions, 1994-1781 BC. Both men and women commonly shaved their heads and wore wigs, and, with hair extensions, they could vary the style of a wig or their own hair. In the tomb, they stored hair in a basket or box.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Aug 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 257506
label: USNM Number
content: A440010-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hair Ornament