Crocodile mummies

Museum number:
5-512
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050000512
Accession number:
Acc.6
Description:
Mummified sacred crocodiles and young; natron method.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Egypt
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Taxon:
Crocodylus niloticus
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
October 1, 1899
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 16 titled Crocodile mummies, accession number 5-512, described as Mummified sacred crocodiles and young; natron method.Hearst Museum object 2 of 16 titled Crocodile mummies, accession number 5-512, described as Mummified sacred crocodiles and young; natron method.Hearst Museum object 3 of 16 titled Crocodile mummies, accession number 5-512, described as Mummified sacred crocodiles and young; natron method.Hearst Museum object 4 of 16 titled Crocodile mummies, accession number 5-512, described as Mummified sacred crocodiles and young; natron method.Hearst Museum object 5 of 16 titled Crocodile mummies, accession number 5-512, described as Mummified sacred crocodiles and young; natron method.Hearst Museum object 6 of 16 titled Crocodile mummies, accession number 5-512, described as Mummified sacred crocodiles and young; natron method.Hearst Museum object 7 of 16 titled Crocodile mummies, accession number 5-512, described as Mummified sacred crocodiles and young; natron method.Hearst Museum object 8 of 16 titled Crocodile mummies, accession number 5-512, described as Mummified sacred crocodiles and young; natron method.Hearst Museum object 9 of 16 titled Crocodile mummies, accession number 5-512, described as Mummified sacred crocodiles and young; natron method.Hearst Museum object 10 of 16 titled Crocodile mummies, accession number 5-512, described as Mummified sacred crocodiles and young; natron method.Hearst Museum object 11 of 16 titled Crocodile mummies, accession number 5-512, described as Mummified sacred crocodiles and young; natron method.Hearst Museum object 12 of 16 titled Crocodile mummies, accession number 5-512, described as Mummified sacred crocodiles and young; natron method.Hearst Museum object 13 of 16 titled Crocodile mummies, accession number 5-512, described as Mummified sacred crocodiles and young; natron method.Hearst Museum object 14 of 16 titled Crocodile mummies, accession number 5-512, described as Mummified sacred crocodiles and young; natron method.Hearst Museum object 15 of 16 titled Crocodile mummies, accession number 5-512, described as Mummified sacred crocodiles and young; natron method.Hearst Museum object 16 of 16 titled Crocodile mummies, accession number 5-512, described as Mummified sacred crocodiles and young; natron method.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Crocodile mummies, accession number 5-512, described as Mummified sacred crocodiles and young; natron method.

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