Vulture Headdress Inlay
100–1 BC
Maker Unknown
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Vulture Headdress Inlay, 100–1 BC. Egypt, Ptolemaic Dynasty. Gold and semi-precious stones; overall: 3 x 2.8 cm (1 3/16 x 1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1920.1991 When creating this headdress, artisans used numerous semiprecious stones with inset partitions to keep them separate. To ensure that the stones would stay in place, a resin-like material was used as an adhesive.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Jewelry
- Formatted Medium
- gold and semi-precious stones
- Medium
- gold, semi-precious, stones
- Dimensions
- Overall: 3 x 2.8 cm (1 3/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Accession Number
- 1920.1991
- Credit Line
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Exhibitions
- Howard Carter: Before the Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb, Queens of Egypt, <em>Howard Carter: Before Tutankhamun, </em>The British Museum, London, England, (November, 18, 1992-May 31, 1993).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 107 Egyptian
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