Human remains
Date2000 BC-300 AD
MediumHair, plastic, cork, velvet
DimensionsObject/Work: 260 x 50 mm
ClassificationsNatural sciences/Animal/Plant
Terms
Object numberC00467
DescriptionRed-brown human hair from a female mummy, in a clear glass tube helpfully inscribed "fire proof foreign". The ends are stopped with cork plugs covered in red-pink velvet. This was a piece acquired from the Surrey museum and is originally from the artist, traveller, collector and diplomat Henry Salt, British consul general in Cairo from 1815.On View
Not on viewCollections
2700 BC-395 AD
3100-50 BC
664-525 BC
2500 BC-300 AD
1000-1500
