Her arms are placed firmly on her lap. Her feet are closed together. Hatshepsut is wearing the shendyt kilt and pharaoic nemes . She is wearing the ceremonial clothes of and Egyptian pharaoh. She is represented as a male king. However, unlike the other statues of Hatshepsut on the Metropolitan museum, such as The Large Kneeling statues of Hatshepsut, the seated statue of the queen is not wearing the kings false beard. Also, her body features are more define. Her body is slender. She has a small waist, and small long limbs. Her anatomy is visible as female, even though there is no great emphasis on her breast since it is depicted as barely there. The pose of the statue, gives an impression of stiffness. She looks like she is firmly planted on the seat and unable to move. Yet despite the stiffness of the pose, her presence and her feminine features evoke power, toughness and strength. The depiction of Hatshepsut as a male king gives an impression that she was adapted to conform to egyptian ideology of kinship
Her arms are placed firmly on her lap. Her feet are closed together. Hatshepsut is wearing the shendyt kilt and pharaoic nemes . She is wearing the ceremonial clothes of and Egyptian pharaoh. She is represented as a male king. However, unlike the other statues of Hatshepsut on the Metropolitan museum, such as The Large Kneeling statues of Hatshepsut, the seated statue of the queen is not wearing the kings false beard. Also, her body features are more define. Her body is slender. She has a small waist, and small long limbs. Her anatomy is visible as female, even though there is no great emphasis on her breast since it is depicted as barely there. The pose of the statue, gives an impression of stiffness. She looks like she is firmly planted on the seat and unable to move. Yet despite the stiffness of the pose, her presence and her feminine features evoke power, toughness and strength. The depiction of Hatshepsut as a male king gives an impression that she was adapted to conform to egyptian ideology of kinship