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Hair braids

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueHuman hair
DimensionsOverall: 10.2 x 0.5 cm (4 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1413
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsOrganic remains
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K 308. December 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
2400–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Fragments of a mummy
2040–1783 B.C.
2100–2040 B.C.
Head with circlet
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Hair, rug-cloth, etc. 14-2-867 (=MFA 20.1483), 13-12-975 (giraffe hair) (=MFA 20.1491), 14-3-10…
about 1700–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.