Vulture Headdress Inlay
Description
The vulture headdress was worn by goddesses and queens. This inlay in the form of a vulture headdress has more than 100 stones: lapis lazuli (dark blue), turquoise (light blue), petrified wood (red), and an unidentified white stone painstakingly cut to shape and separated by thin plates of gold. Body, wing, and tail feathers are carefully distinguished in minute detail.
Object Information
Date Created:
100–1 BCE
Local ID:
1920.1991
Provenance:
Unknown-1920 Ralph H. Blanchard, Cairo, Egypt, through Howard Carter, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1920-Present The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Credit Line:
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2.8 cm (1 3/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Materials:
Gold and semi-precious stones
Period:
Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty
Rights:
Public Domain
