Bead netting, possibly a mummy covering. Green faience. It is possible that the stringing is modern.

Bead netting, probably modern restringing. Starting in the Third Intermediate Period such netting was used to cover mummies. Kate Bosse Griffiths (1978) believed this represented stars but it could be feathers.

Collection

Egypt Centre, University of Swansea

Inventory Number

3543646

Title

Bead netting, possibly a mummy covering. Green faience. It is possible that the stringing is modern.

Object Type

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