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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Jewelry Box
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Jewelry Box

AAT Object Form/Functionjewelry boxes
CultureEgyptian
PeriodFirst Intermediate Period
Date2118-1980 BCE
MediumWood
Credit LineEgyptian Purchase Fund
Dimensions4 x 9 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. (10.2 x 24.8 x 31.1 cm)
Object number2010.021.001A/B
Exhibition HistoryLife and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 10 - December 11, 2011
Hall of Ancient Egypt, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, August 2014 - Present
ProvenanceSaid to be ex private collection, United Kingdom, formed 1960s. Purchased by MCCM from ArtAncient Ltd., Huntingdon, England.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Jewelry Mold
30 BCE-642 CE
© Bruce M. White, 2013.
Offering Bearer
2118-1980 BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Gilded Statuette
ca. 2118-1980 BCE
© Bruce M. White, 2008.
Sekhem Wand
2543-1980 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Cat Shaped Jewelry Element
1539-1077 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Jewelry Mould
1539-1077 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Jewelry Mould
1539-1077 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Jewelry Mould
1539-1077 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Jewelry Mould
1539-1077 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Jewelry Mould
1539-1077 BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Box Panel
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Kohl Box
1539-1077 BCE