The goddess Hathor was often represented in the form of a cow, and, as such, was depicted on the walls of many Theban tombs dating to the New Kingdom of Egypt. When portrayed in the papyrus marsh, her body is usually obscured, hidden by the thicket and the western mountain. Hathor was known as the mistress of the western desert, where the necropolis of the dead was located, and would, therefore, be of assistance to the deceased. This wooden carving of the gilded head and neck of a cow found in the KV62 tomb of Tutankhamun in front of the canopic chest was covered with a thin layer of gesso. The head and part of the neck were then gilded, while the lower portion of the neck and the pedestal base were coated with a dark resin. The horns, which received the same varnish, consist of gessoed wood covered with a thin metal sheet of either copper or bronze. It is one of the many treasures found from the burial of Tutankhamun who ruled during the powerful Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt period of Egypt's New Kingdom era.