A reconstructed ebony and ivory veneered cosmetic box recovered from the 12th Dynasty burial of Sithathoriunet at Lahun. Included amongst the queen's treasures were a polished silver mirror, gold-handled copper razors, whetstones, a small silver dish and four obsidian cosmetics jars decorated in gold. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Every crown tells a story. Here the two tall plumes, cow horns, solar disk, modius, vulture headdress and double uraeus are clear iconographic links with the cults of Hathor, Amun and Mut.