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1920.39.1

Mummified Kitten, one of three. [ASh [OPS move] 19/5/2017]

1920.39.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Mummified Kitten, one of three. [ASh [OPS move] 19/5/2017]
Long description
Mummified kitten, with intricate geometric wrapping along the body. The face is unpainted. [ASh [OPS move] 19/5/2017]
Geographical reference
Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt
Beni Hassan
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Ancient Egyptian
Date collected
1891
Acquisition information
Donated: 1920
Materials and processes
Material Cat Skin Animal, Material Linen Flax Bast Fibre Textile Plant, Material Resin Plant, Process Mummified, Process Woven
Dimensions
Depth: max 64 mm, Width: max 66 mm, Length: max 253 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1920.39.1
Research and responses

See 'Complex Organic Chemical Balms of Pharaonic Animal Mummies', by Stephen Buckley et al, in Nature, Vol. 431 (September 2004). (Copy in RDF; Researchers: Buckley.) [ZM 28/09/2006; JC 17 8 2011]

Search terms: Death, Religion, Animalia, Mummy, Animal Part, Religious Object, Mummy Wrapping