Rosa Harris
April 24th, 2014, 04:56 AM
Any ideas on how to make this? I'm puzzled on the back of the style and cannot find any pictures of the back of the recreation.
It seems relatively simple yet strikingly pretty.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7100/13986922634_ec1de8dcbc_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/niYCNw)mummy-reconstructions-2.jpg1359059901 (https://flic.kr/p/niYCNw) by rosarl13 (https://www.flickr.com/people/121893704@N04/), on Flickr
Aww she looks a lot like me - same nose!
Right now I am having trouble finding an immage of the back of the style to see how the braids are brought together into the braid bun at the top of the head.
It was a popular hairstyle at the time, which may have been inspired by a Roman empress, Faustina I, who lived in the second century.
"The mummy's hair (http://www.livescience.com/15819-ancient-egyptian-hair-product.html) is readily appreciable, with longer strands at the middle of the scalp drawn back into twists or plaits that were then wound into a tutulus, or chignon at the vertex (crown) of the head," writes a research team in a paper published recently in the journal RSNA RadioGraphics.
edit: additional images
This is Faustina I - there is definitely strong simularity here between the two. Having looked at the Ct scans themselves I am weary that the reconstruction artist is more inspired by the Faustina I image than the actual scans of the mummy's head which do not reveal if the braids are cornrows - like below or laying on the head as in Faustina's image on the coin.
Laying braids ae highly possible and consistent with other mummy styles I have seen.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7082/13983974461_afdd72be93_o.gif (https://flic.kr/p/niHwpX)125704fig06a.jpeg (https://flic.kr/p/niHwpX) by rosarl13 (https://www.flickr.com/people/121893704@N04/), on Flickr
The original scan report gave this image as a recreation of the style - however in this case it is cornrows and the style is pinned at the back instead of top of the head. The actual images seem to reflect the bun being more top to the back position.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/13987588184_1c5f2697d2_o.gif (https://flic.kr/p/nj33Dw)125704fig06b.jpeg (https://flic.kr/p/nj33Dw) by rosarl13 (https://www.flickr.com/people/121893704@N04/), on Flickr
It seems relatively simple yet strikingly pretty.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7100/13986922634_ec1de8dcbc_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/niYCNw)mummy-reconstructions-2.jpg1359059901 (https://flic.kr/p/niYCNw) by rosarl13 (https://www.flickr.com/people/121893704@N04/), on Flickr
Aww she looks a lot like me - same nose!
Right now I am having trouble finding an immage of the back of the style to see how the braids are brought together into the braid bun at the top of the head.
It was a popular hairstyle at the time, which may have been inspired by a Roman empress, Faustina I, who lived in the second century.
"The mummy's hair (http://www.livescience.com/15819-ancient-egyptian-hair-product.html) is readily appreciable, with longer strands at the middle of the scalp drawn back into twists or plaits that were then wound into a tutulus, or chignon at the vertex (crown) of the head," writes a research team in a paper published recently in the journal RSNA RadioGraphics.
edit: additional images
This is Faustina I - there is definitely strong simularity here between the two. Having looked at the Ct scans themselves I am weary that the reconstruction artist is more inspired by the Faustina I image than the actual scans of the mummy's head which do not reveal if the braids are cornrows - like below or laying on the head as in Faustina's image on the coin.
Laying braids ae highly possible and consistent with other mummy styles I have seen.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7082/13983974461_afdd72be93_o.gif (https://flic.kr/p/niHwpX)125704fig06a.jpeg (https://flic.kr/p/niHwpX) by rosarl13 (https://www.flickr.com/people/121893704@N04/), on Flickr
The original scan report gave this image as a recreation of the style - however in this case it is cornrows and the style is pinned at the back instead of top of the head. The actual images seem to reflect the bun being more top to the back position.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/13987588184_1c5f2697d2_o.gif (https://flic.kr/p/nj33Dw)125704fig06b.jpeg (https://flic.kr/p/nj33Dw) by rosarl13 (https://www.flickr.com/people/121893704@N04/), on Flickr