Head from a Spoon in the form of a Swimming Girl ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom Cosmetic spoons in the shape of swimming girls were popular luxury goods in the New Kingdom. This exquisite travertine head, topped with an elaborately modeled wig of schist, incised to deliniate the individual locks, is all that is left of such a spoon (see 26.2.47 26.2.47 for a complete example).. Head from a Spoon in the form of a Swimming Girl. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), steatite. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18
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