Mummy Of Cat, In Mummy Wrappings

Object Details

Donor Name

Edith Goldsmith

From card: "White wrappings, 2 blue bands at throat and one at base, which is sealed with some dark substance. Six blue stripes across front. False ears modeled from dark material. Exhibit, Hall 26, 1976."

From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Mummified cat, 332-30 B.C. The six blue strips of linen decorating this mummy stand out against more common brown and beige wrappings, and it has carefully shaped false ears. The kitten inside may be less than four weeks old.

Record Last Modified

10 Jul 2017

Specimen Count

1

Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Accession Date

1963

Accession Number

251758

USNM Number

A437431-0

Object Type

Animal Mummy

Place

Egypt, Africa

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Anthropology

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Archaeology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8191104

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3021e33e9-fadf-4fd1-915e-a91d8d85f7aa