Riddle Me This

Did you know that "sphinx" can be translated as "strangler"?  I did not.  But Wikipedia enlightened me, and the new knowledge made me think, "Well if this lady is going to be strangling people that aren't answering riddles properly, she probably needs some hands.  Also maybe a garrote, because hey- why not?"

This will definitely get colored.

An important thing to know about his heavily-Egyptian-influenced sphinx?  She is wearing a wig.  That's her natural hair up by her brow, but the rest of it?  Not so much.