Basket with Lid

Unknown

ca. 712–525 B.C. · Palm fibre, reed · Egyptian Art

Found buried near a child, this small basket of palm fiber contained assorted trinkets: strings of shells, beads, and amulets of various materials; a faience finger ring; glass stud; a gold-mounted steatite scaraboid; a ball of mud containing human hair; a silver amulet wrapped in scrap of linen; two fragments of knotted string, the longer one with hair tied on one end;and a flake of red stone. The basket itself was made of palm fiber and split reeds, with decorations of red and brown patches around the edges of the lid and the mouth. The lid was fastened to the basket on opposite sides of the mouth with linen strings which were twisted together and tied into the center of the lid.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 712–525 B.C.

Medium

Palm fibre, reed

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922