Floral Collar from the Embalming cache of Tutankhamun 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom c.1336-1327 BC This remarkably preserved floral collar, from the embalming cache of Tutankhamun, was probably worn at a funerary banquet. Alternating rows of flower petals and blossoms, leaves, berries, and blue faience beads were sewn to a papyrus backing, and linen ties secured the collar around the wearer’s neck. Some of the flora used in the Tutankhamun collars have been identified as olive leaves, cornflowers, and poppies. Several collars in the cache were bound around the edge with red cloth, and the resulting combination of red, blue, black, and green must have been very colourful and similar to the polychrome decoration on some of the terracotta vessels in same deposit. (Source: The Met Museum)
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