cat mummy / Cat / Plant materials / Linen / Paint / Resin

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1971.02.0183
Object Name: cat mummy
Lot: BayView Association
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Egyptian funerary artifacts
Materials: Cat; Plant materials; Linen; Paint; Resin
Weight: 610g
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Wilfong: Cat mummy. Cat body; cloth, paint, pitch.
Verbatim Date: 1st C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Preserving Eternity: Modern Goals, Ancient Intentions; Death in Ancient Egypt: Preserving Eternity; Individual & Society in Ancient Egypt; Case 13 - Temple
Exhibition Curator: Richards, Janet; Wilfong, Terry
Exhibition Year: 1995
Publication Title: Passionate Curiosities: Tales of Collectors & Collections from the Kelsey Museum
Publication Author: Talalay, Lauren E.; Cool, Margaret Root
Publication Year: 2015
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Image Size: 2272 x 1704
File Size: 171 KB
Record: 1971.02.0183
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.02.0183/1971_02_0183p03.tif

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Full citation: "cat mummy; Cat; Plant materials; Linen; Paint; Resin". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.02.0183/1971_02_0183p03.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2023.