Khat and Afnet Headdress

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Another headdress closely connected with the nemes is the khat or afnet, which it appears to complement. These two kerchiefs generally appear together in the object friezes as well as on the pairs of royal wooden statues guarding the entrance to the burial chambers of several New Kingdom royal tombs. Remnants of the khat were found on the mummy of King Tut. Its dominant representation in funerary contexts has been interpreted to convey a particularly strong symbolism of the nemes. Like the latter, it is used in representations of the royal ka. The name afnet is attested beginning in the Pyramid Texts, where it is worn in particular by the maternal Semat-cow, who is associated with Nekhbet. The earlisest certain representation of the headdress dates to the reign of Djoser, but it may also be found on an ivory label of King Den found at Abydos (representing the khat). *1 model (medium poly) with textures and materials.