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Relief of Hairdresser Inu
- Medium: Limestone, painted
- Place Excavated: Tomb of Queen Neferu, Thebes (Deir el Bahri), Egypt
- Dates: ca. 2008-1957 B.C.E.
- Dynasty: late XI Dynasty
- Period: Middle Kingdom
- Dimensions: 5 3/16 x 9 5/8 in. (13.2 x 24.5 cm)
- Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Old Kingdom to 18th Dynasty, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor - Accession Number: 51.231
- Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Image: Overall, 51.231_view2_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007
These fragments originally belonged to a scene showing royal hairdressers attending Queen Neferu (see accompanying reconstruction). The relief on the right depicts Neferu (identified as “The King’s Wife”) wearing an elaborate beaded collar. Behind her the hairdresser Henut has already pinned one strand of her mistress’s wig in place and twists another in her long graceful fingers. The other relief depicts “She who makes hair, Inu,” holding a triple lock of hair that she will attach to Neferu’s coiffure.
This text refers to these objects: 51.231; 54.49
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