Headrest of Hetepheres I (reproduction)
Copy of wood headrest from tomb of Hetepheres I (G 7000 X); made by W.A. Stewart, Cairo.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_29.1859
- Alternate IDs
- 29.1859; MFAB_29.1859
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Reproductions & paintings
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Snefru - reign of Khufu
- Title
- Headrest of Hetepheres I (reproduction)
- Medium
- Wood, silver, gold
- Dimensions
- Height x width x depth: 20.5 x 17.2 x 7.8 cm (8 1/16 x 6 3/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- G 7000 X (original). Reproduction commissioned for the MFA and made by W.A. Stewart.
- Bibliography
- Freed, Rita E., Lawrence M. Berman, and Denise M. Doxey. Arts of Ancient Egypt. MFA Highlights. Boston: MFA Publications, 2003, pp. 70-71. Manuelian, Peter Der. " The Lost Throne of Queen Hetepheres from Giza: An Archaeological Experiment in Visualization and Fabrication."Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 53 (2017), p. 25, figure 10. Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, pp. 48-51, cat. 1g. No author. The Tomb of Queen Hetep-heres. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, no date, p. 10. Reisner, George A. "The Bed Canopy of the Mother of Cheops." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 30, no. 180 (August 1932), p. 55, unnumbered fig.
- Notes
- This is a reproduction of an object excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. (Accession Date: January 1, 1929)
- Remarks
- Headrest: original reconstruction in collection of Egyptian Museum, Cairo (JE 53262); copy in collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA 29.1859).
