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False beard

Wooden false beard from a coffin, carved in one piece with tenon for attachment at top.Front of beard decorated with incised lines imitating plaiting. The beard curves slightly outwards and is squared off at the bottom.

Wooden false beard from a coffin, carved in one piece with tenon for attachment at top.Front of beard decorated with incised lines imitating plaiting. The beard curves slightly outwards and is squared off at the bottom.

Object False-beard
Provenance Abydos, Egypt
Site Cemetery D, North Section
Period Dynasty XVIII, Hatshepsut; reused Dynasty XXV
Material Wood
Subject Egyptology
Ref. No 1900.54:08
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