Statue head of Nefertiti

Artist unknown 18th Dynasty, c. 1350 BCE

Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany

The heads of the statues of Nefertiti in brown quartzite and grey granite and the littlequartzite head of the secondary wife Kiya are clearly unfinished, as their still-unpolished surface indicates. The pegs on the head were designed to provide anchoring points for a crown.

Details

Title: Statue head of Nefertiti
Creator: Artist unknown
Date Created: 18th Dynasty, c. 1350 BCE
Provenance: Donation James Simon, 1920
Type: Statue
Medium: Granodiorite
Inv. no.: ÄM 21358
ISIL no.: DE-MUS-015418
External Link: Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Copyright: Photo © bpk - Photo Agency / Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Sandra Steiß || Text © Prestel Verlag / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Collection: Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung | Ägyptisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz

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