Mummy-Wrapping

Date2700-384 BC

MediumCloth

DimensionsObject/Work: 170 x 90 x 5 mm

ClassificationsReligious/Ritual Equipment

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Object numberC09118

DescriptionWoven cloth and bandages. These bandages would have covered the body of an Egyptian mummy which was unwrapped at the Royal College of Surgeons on January 16th 1834. Pieces of bandage were given to those present at the unwrapping and subsequent visitors to the RCS Museum.

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