Cat mummy

Museum number:
5-596
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.657
Description:
Cat mummy.
Donor:
Heywood W. Seton-Karr
Collection place:
Uncertain site, Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Egypt
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Faunal remains
Taxon:
Felis catus
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Mummies (bodies)
Accession date:
1931
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
5-590 fumigated Feb. 1977; April 1979 X-rayed; 2 views on single sheet of film revealed this to be crocodile or lizard mummy. 5-592 ditto but there are 2 sheets of film. Film retained by LMA and stored in foto lab.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Cat mummy, accession number 5-596, described as Cat mummy.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Cat mummy, accession number 5-596, described as Cat mummy.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Cat mummy, accession number 5-596, described as Cat mummy.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Cat mummy, accession number 5-596, described as Cat mummy.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Cat mummy, accession number 5-596, described as Cat mummy.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cat mummy, accession number 5-596, described as Cat mummy.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cat mummy, accession number 5-596, described as Cat mummy.

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