Mummy Wrapping
Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker
1552-1306 BCE
Linen
Overall: 12 × 6 5/16 in. (30.5 × 16 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
39.64.25809
Geography
Place Made: Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa
Period
2000-1000 BCE
Object Name
Textile: Mummy
Research Area
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Inscriptions
Numbered: “436.31 / 1.4" in ink on the fabric
Provenance
British School of Archaeology in Egypt (Univeristy College, London); Museum and Art Gallery Reading, England; sold to present collection, 1939.
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