Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Copy of wood headrest from tomb of Hetepheres I; made by Jospeh Gerte, Boston.
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- ID
- MFAB_29.1859
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- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Classification
- Reproductions & paintings
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- Findspot
- G 7000 X (original). Reproduction commissioned for the MFA and made by Boston cabinetmaker Jospeh Gerte, 1929.
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- Material
- Wood, silver, gold
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- Dimensions
- Height x width x depth: 20.5 x 17.2 x 7.8 cm (8 1/16 x 6 3/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Snefru - reign of Khufu
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- Attested
- Hetepheres I (G 7000 X)
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- Individual - Modern
- Joseph Gerte, American
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- Notes
- This is a reproduction of an object excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. (Accession Date: January 1, 1929)
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- Remarks
- Headrest: original reconstruction in collection of Egyptian Museum, Cairo (JE 53262); copy in collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA 29.1859).
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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Freed, Rita E., Lawrence M. Berman, and Denise M. Doxey. Arts of Ancient Egypt. MFA Highlights. Boston: MFA Publications, 2003, pp. 70-71.
Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, pp. 48-51, cat. 1g.
No author. The Tomb of Queen Hetep-heres. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, no date, p. 10.
Reisner, George A. "The Bed Canopy of the Mother of Cheops." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 30, no. 180 (August 1932), p. 55, unnumbered fig.
Ancient People
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Wife of King Snefru, founder of Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty, and mother of King Khufu, builder of the Great Pyramid. Her burial was hidden in a secret chamber (labeled G 7000 X) nearly 90 feet underground, and contained beautiful pieces of gilded and inlaid wooden furniture, silver jewelry, and a large alabaster sarcophagus that was found to be mysteriously empty.
Modern People
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- Type Individual - Modern
- Nationality & Dates American
ID: HUMFA_A6914_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, furniture: canopy (reconstruction = Cairo JE 57711, reproduction = MFA 38.873) with bed (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53261, reproduction = MFA 29.1858) and headrest (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53262, reproduction = MFA 29.1859), arm chair (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53263, reproduction = MFA 38.957), jewel box (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53265), view from left
ID: HUMFA_A6913_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, furniture: canopy (reconstruction = Cairo JE 57711, reproduction = MFA 38.873) with bed (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53261, reproduction = MFA 29.1858) and headrest (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53262, reproduction = MFA 29.1859), arm chair (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53263, reproduction = MFA 38.957), jewel box (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53265), view from front
ID: HUMFA_A6905_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, furniture: canopy (reconstruction = Cairo JE 57711, reproduction = MFA 38.873) with bed (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53261, reproduction = MFA 29.1858) and headrest (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53262, reproduction = MFA 29.1859), arm chair (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53263, reproduction = MFA 38.957), jewel box (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53265), view from front
ID: HUMFA_A6909_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, furniture: canopy (reconstruction = Cairo JE 57711, reproduction = MFA 38.873) with bed (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53261, reproduction = MFA 29.1858) and headrest (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53262, reproduction = MFA 29.1859), view from front
ID: HUMFA_B6581_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, furniture: headrest, as restored by W.A. Stewart (original reconstruction): reconstruction = Cairo JE 53262, reproduction = MFA 29.1859
ID: HUMFA_B6580_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, furniture: headrest, as restored by W.A. Stewart (original reconstruction): reconstruction = Cairo JE 53262, reproduction = MFA 29.1859
ID: MFAB_AAW788
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: modern reproductions of furniture of Queen Hetepheres I from G 7000 X: bed (MFA 29.1858), headrest (MFA 29.1859), canopy (MFA 38.873), arm chair (MFA 38.957), curtain box (MFA 39.746)
ID: HUMFA_A6915_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, furniture: canopy (reconstruction = Cairo JE 57711, reproduction = MFA 38.873) with bed (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53261, reproduction = MFA 29.1858) and headrest (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53262, reproduction = MFA 29.1859), arm chair (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53263, reproduction = MFA 38.957), jewel box (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53265), view from right
ID: HUMFA_A6911_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, furniture: canopy (reconstruction = Cairo JE 57711, reproduction = MFA 38.873) with bed (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53261, reproduction = MFA 29.1858) and headrest (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53262, reproduction = MFA 29.1859), view from right
ID: HUMFA_B6579_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, furniture: headrest, as restored by W.A. Stewart (original reconstruction): reconstruction = Cairo JE 53262, reproduction = MFA 29.1859
ID: HUMFA_A6912_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, furniture: canopy (reconstruction = Cairo JE 57711, reproduction = MFA 38.873) with bed (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53261, reproduction = MFA 29.1858) and headrest (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53262, reproduction = MFA 29.1859), view from above front
ID: HUMFA_A6929A_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, furniture: canopy (reconstruction = Cairo JE 57711, reproduction = MFA 38.873) with bed (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53261, reproduction = MFA 29.1858) and headrest (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53262, reproduction = MFA 29.1859), arm chair (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53263, reproduction = MFA 38.957), jewel box (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53265), view from front
ID: MFAB_AAW2049
Subjects: People & places: Site: Giza; View: G 7000 X
Description: Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts: modern reproductions of furniture of Queen Hetepheres I from G 7000 X: bed: MFA 29.1858; headrest: MFA 29.1859; canopy: MFA 38.873; arm chair: MFA 38.957; curtain box: MFA 39.746
ID: HUMFA_A6930A_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, furniture: canopy (reconstruction = Cairo JE 57711, reproduction = MFA 38.873) with bed (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53261, reproduction = MFA 29.1858) and headrest (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53262, reproduction = MFA 29.1859), arm chair (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53263, reproduction = MFA 38.957), jewel box (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53265), view from left
ID: HUMFA_A6906_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, furniture: canopy (reconstruction = Cairo JE 57711, reproduction = MFA 38.873) with bed (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53261, reproduction = MFA 29.1858) and headrest (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53262, reproduction = MFA 29.1859), arm chair (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53263, reproduction = MFA 38.957), jewel box (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53265), view from right
ID: HUMFA_B6582_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, furniture: headrest, as restored by W.A. Stewart (original reconstruction): reconstruction = Cairo JE 53262, reproduction = MFA 29.1859
ID: HUMFA_A6904A_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, furniture: canopy (reconstruction = Cairo JE 57711, reproduction = MFA 38.873) with bed (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53261, reproduction = MFA 29.1858) and headrest (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53262, reproduction = MFA 29.1859), arm chair (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53263, reproduction = MFA 38.957), jewel box (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53265), view from front
ID: HUMFA_A6910_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X
Description: G 7000 X, Hetepheres I, furniture: canopy (reconstruction = Cairo JE 57711, reproduction = MFA 38.873) with bed (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53261, reproduction = MFA 29.1858) and headrest (reconstruction = Cairo JE 53262, reproduction = MFA 29.1859), view from left
