head of cat mummy / Cartonnage / Paint / Pigment

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1971.02.0178
Object Name: head of cat mummy
Lot: BayView Association
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Egyptian funerary artifacts
Materials: Cartonnage; Paint; Pigment
Weight: 118g
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Wilfong: Decorated cat mummy head. Stucco/plaster; paint; cat head.
Verbatim Date: 1st C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Animals in the Kelsey: An Undergraduate Exhibit of Animals in the Ancient World; Case 13 - Temple
Exhibition Curator: Alcock, Susan; Wilfong, Terry
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1971.02.0178
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.02.0178/dscn9362.jpg

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