RARE ORNAMENTAL ELEMENTS FOR A WIG Egypt, New... Lot 14

RARE ORNAMENTAL ELEMENTS FOR A WIG Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th dynasty Gold, red jasper, lapis lazuli and turquoise glass paste Total length_ 28,5cm ; Provenance Former collection of a notable Egyptian, early 20th century, then by descent Former Swiss collection from the 1960s, acquired from the descendant of the notable Paris, private collection Art Loss Register Certificate S00205669 A RARE EGYPTIAN SET OF 20 WIG PARURE ORNAMENT, NEW-KINGDOM, DYNASTY 18TH 11,2 in. Total length. Set of twenty rosette-shaped wig cover ornaments in cloisonné gold and inlaid with red jasper, lapis lazuli and turquoise. The tomb of the three foreigner wives of Thumosis III was discovered in August 1916 in Wadi Gabbanat el-Gouroud (the valley of the monkeys in western Thebes) after a violent storm which revealed a crevice in the cliff. It housed three secondary wives with names of semitic origin: Menhet, Ménoui and Merti. The inhabitants of Qurna entered it and discovered the untouched tomb in which they took some samples of jewelry. Later, egyptologist Winlock was able to buy part of it. Today the treasure of the three wives is divided between the Cairo Museum and the Metropolitan which keeps a similar wig cover; some pieces are in private collections. We now wonder why the three foreign princesses were buried at the same time, in the same burial. Epidemic or harem plot (?). Set of twenty rosette-shaped wig-cover ornaments in cloisonné gold and inlaid with red jasper, lapis lazuli and turquoise. The tomb of the three foreign wives of Thoumose III was discovered in August 1916 in Wadi Gabbanat el-Gouroud (the valley of the monkeys in western Thebes) after a violent storm that left a crevice in the cliff in the cliff. It housed three secondary wives with names of Semitic origin: Menhet, Menoui and Merti. The inhabitants of Gournah entered it and discovered the inviolate tomb from which they took some jewellery. They took some jewels from it. Later, the Egyptologist Winlock was able to buy back some of it. Today, the treasure of the Today, the treasure of the three wives is divided between the Cairo Museum and the Metropolitan Museum, which holds a similar wig-cover; Some pieces are in private collections. The question is why the three foreign princesses were were buried at the same time, in the same tomb. Epidemic or harem plot (?). Comparative bibliography C. Aldred, Jewels of the Pharaohs, Egyptian Jewellery of the Dynastic Period, London, 1971, pl. XXXI, fig. 53. C. Andrews, Ancient Egyptian Jewellery, London, 1990, p. 110, fig. 90.