[HatOb_717] Model seive

Model sieve made of rush. The inner part is made of fine grass blades in twining technique, while the outer part is made in coiling technique with a passive bundle. Very good state of preservation. Diameter 21.5cm.

Excavated by the H.E. Winlock (Metropolitan Museum of Art) in the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari (south-eastern corner of deposit B, group B) in 1920-1922. Gained by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1922 in the division of finds (Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness gift).