This is a life-size Replica model of King Tutankhamun, depicting him from the waist up wearing a white linen tunic and yellow, flat-topped crown. The crown is painted yellow, possibly to imitate gold, but what type of crown it is meant to represent is not known. The god Amun wears a similar-shaped headdress, but the lack of a divine beard or the two feather plumes typical of this god’s regalia suggest this is not meant to represent the king in divine form. Additionally, there is one scene of King Akhenaten wearing such a crown from Amarna, but its purpose and meaning are unknown. On the front of the crown, a cobra is attached and made from gilded wood and painted in black and red; its tail is outlined in red paint on the crown itself with two coils of its body. This cobra represents the goddess Wadjet, who typically is shown as a serpent at the king’s brow, ready to strike anyone who should do potential harm to the king.
Type: Egyptian Ancient Antiques
Product Description:
- Handmade Replica
- Materials: Hollow-colored polyester
- Length: 36 cm / 14.87 Inch
- Width: 27.5 cm / 10.83 Inch
- Height: 76 cm / 29.92 Inch
- Weight: 18 KG
- Made in Egypt
This piece was found partially hidden amongst the disassembled chariots in the Antechamber of Tutankhamun’s tomb. It seems doubtful that this image could have functioned for Tutankhamun as a ka-statue- a vessel that the king’s spirit could inhabit during offering rituals to receive sustenance and goods for the afterlife. Some examples from the Old Kingdom that are missing their limbs, like the famous statue of Prince Ankhhaf (MFA, Boston 27.442), indicate that they were placed in niches that had pre-carved arms outstretched to receive offerings. However, the lack of dowel holes on the undersides of the truncated arms, and the find-spot of the model within Tutankhamun’s tomb, implies that this statue was not used in such a manner. Howard Carter suggested that this artifact possibly served as a mannequin of sorts, either to hold Tutankhamun’s clothes and jewelry in the palace or to be used as a life-size model for the royal dressmakers. Marks on the surface suggest that it once wore a jeweled corselet, perhaps like the one example found within the Antechamber of Tutankhamun’s tomb (JE 62627/Carter 54k).
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