From the permanent collection · August 6, 2026
Headdress
Unknown artist · ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian
Headdress, by an unknown artist, ca. 2600–2500 BCE.
Gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian.
From the collection of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Dodge Fund, 1933.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dodge Fund, 1933
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