Crocodile mummy

Museum number:
6-21629c
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
969 (field number)
Description:
Crocodile mummy with separate carved wood head; three extant legs; length of head: 10.1 cm; length body 32 cm; x-ray shows no animal bones
Collection place:
Uncertain provenience, Tebtunis, Faiyum region
Verbatim coll. place:
Tebtunis (Umm el Baragat)?
Collector:
Arthur S. Hunt and Bernard P. Grenfell
Collection date:
1899-1900
Materials:
Textile and Wood (plant material)
Taxon:
Crocodylus niloticus
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Mummies (bodies)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Dimensions:
mask— length 10.1 centimeters and mummy— length 32 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 12 titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21629c, described as Crocodile mummy with separate carved wood head; three extant legs; length of head: 10.1 cm; length body 32 cm; x-ray shows no animal bonesHearst Museum object 2 of 12 titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21629c, described as Crocodile mummy with separate carved wood head; three extant legs; length of head: 10.1 cm; length body 32 cm; x-ray shows no animal bonesHearst Museum object 3 of 12 titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21629c, described as Crocodile mummy with separate carved wood head; three extant legs; length of head: 10.1 cm; length body 32 cm; x-ray shows no animal bonesHearst Museum object 4 of 12 titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21629c, described as Crocodile mummy with separate carved wood head; three extant legs; length of head: 10.1 cm; length body 32 cm; x-ray shows no animal bonesHearst Museum object 5 of 12 titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21629c, described as Crocodile mummy with separate carved wood head; three extant legs; length of head: 10.1 cm; length body 32 cm; x-ray shows no animal bonesHearst Museum object 6 of 12 titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21629c, described as Crocodile mummy with separate carved wood head; three extant legs; length of head: 10.1 cm; length body 32 cm; x-ray shows no animal bonesHearst Museum object 7 of 12 titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21629c, described as Crocodile mummy with separate carved wood head; three extant legs; length of head: 10.1 cm; length body 32 cm; x-ray shows no animal bonesHearst Museum object 8 of 12 titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21629c, described as Crocodile mummy with separate carved wood head; three extant legs; length of head: 10.1 cm; length body 32 cm; x-ray shows no animal bonesHearst Museum object 9 of 12 titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21629c, described as Crocodile mummy with separate carved wood head; three extant legs; length of head: 10.1 cm; length body 32 cm; x-ray shows no animal bonesHearst Museum object 10 of 12 titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21629c, described as Crocodile mummy with separate carved wood head; three extant legs; length of head: 10.1 cm; length body 32 cm; x-ray shows no animal bonesHearst Museum object 11 of 12 titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21629c, described as Crocodile mummy with separate carved wood head; three extant legs; length of head: 10.1 cm; length body 32 cm; x-ray shows no animal bonesHearst Museum object 12 of 12 titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21629c, described as Crocodile mummy with separate carved wood head; three extant legs; length of head: 10.1 cm; length body 32 cm; x-ray shows no animal bones

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