The Nubian Wig

ref.: March 11, 2003, "Tutankhamen Head (Nubian Wig?)" by Katherine Griffis-Greenberg

Picture 1
Tutankhamun on the left is wearing the "round" Nubian wig, which comes back into a modified fashion by Dynasty 25,
and Ankhsenamun on the right is wearing the Nubian "military" wig.

Picture 2
Nubian hairstyle depicted in a prisoner scene from the Saqqara Tomb of Horemheb.

Pictures 3 and 4:
Examples of the Late Period modified Nubian "round" wig are those of
Dynasty 25 priestess Takushit of the Nubian Dynasty (first picture), and
during Dynasty 26, Ankhnesneferibre, who was a God's Wife of Amun
during the Saite Dynasty (second picture).

Source of images:
-- Chair of Tutankhamun:
Reeves, N. 1990. _The Complete Tutankhamun: The King - The Tomb - The Royal Treasure_. London: Thames and Hudson: 184.
-- Nubian Prisoners from Horemheb's Saqqara tomb:
Martin, G. T. 1991. _The Hidden Tombs of Memphis: New Discoveries from the Time of Tutankhamun and Ramses the Great_. New Aspects of Antiquity. Colin Renfrew, ed. London: Thames and Hudson: 72, Ill. 42.
--The Priestess Takushit:
Michalowski, K. 1978. _Great Sculpture of Ancient Egypt_. New York: Reynal and Co./William Morrow and Sons: 168.
-- God's Wife Ankhnesneferibre:
Russmann, E. R. 1989. _Egyptian Sculpture: Cairo and Luxor_. Austin: University of Texas Press: 184 (No. 85).


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