Object Details
- Donor Name
- Mrs. Mab B. Nilon
- From card: "Head, linen covered; painted features." From 1978 NMNH slide set caption: Cat "Mummy", wrapped linen, painted facial features, Egyptian. Circa 2007 Smithsonian poster of this object lists it as dating from 664 B.C. - 395 A.D. Note re photos: Negative # 78-8780 is oblique, dk, overview. 78-8781 is 3/4, dk, detail of head. 78-8782 is frontal, dk, detail of head. 78-8783 is profile, dk, detail of head.
- From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Mummified cat, 332-30 B.C. CT scan reveals the fate of this elaborately wrapped cat. About 10 months old, it lies in a fetal position, and the neck vertebrae are out of alignment. It died of strangulation.
- Record Last Modified
- 19 Mar 2019
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Ancient Egyptian
- Accession Date
- 13 May 1940
- Accession Number
- 156306
- USNM Number
- A381569-0
- Object Type
- Animal Mummy
- Place
- Egypt, Africa
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Archaeology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8125401
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c8d46578-c68b-4896-89e4-29e07eec94ce
