Headrest of Hetepheres I (reproduction)

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7000 X

Copy of wood headrest from tomb of Hetepheres I (G 7000 X); made by W.A. Stewart, Cairo.

ID

MFAB_29.1859
Department

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Classification

Reproductions & paintings
Findspot

G 7000 X (original). Reproduction commissioned for the MFA and made by W.A. Stewart.
Material

Wood, silver, gold
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.)
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Object Ownership Information

MFA
Period

Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Snefru - reign of Khufu
Attested

Hetepheres I (G 7000 X)
Individual - Modern

W. A. Stewart
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)
Remarks

Headrest: original reconstruction in collection of Egyptian Museum, Cairo (JE 53262); copy in collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA 29.1859).

G 7000 X
- Site Name Eastern Cemetery

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

Hetepheres I (G 7000 X)
- 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

W. A. Stewart
- Type Individual - Modern
- Nationality & Dates
- Remarks Conservator who assisted with objects from G 7000 X, Hetepheres, at Harvard Camp, Giza.