Human mummy

Museum number:
12-657(0)
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21120657@280@29
Alternate number:
12-657 (burial number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Mummy, female, tattoo on chin is indication of rank. Pierced rim and lobe of ear indicate past puberty. Red ochre on face and in hair. No evidence of viscera replaced with grass or spagnum moss. No associated wrappings.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Collector:
Captain Henning
Collection date:
before 1898
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Mummies (bodies)
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Human remains
Comment:
all the information on the catalog card regarding this mummy and its relationship with other objects in collection (2-6636) should be verified. NAGPRA work didn't find any documentary evidence of an association between the mummy and the figurine. The inventory was submitted with no AFO.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Human mummy, accession number 12-657(0), described as Mummy, female, tattoo on chin is indication of rank. Pierced rim and lobe of ear indicate past puberty. Red ochre on face and in hair. No evidence of viscera replaced with grass or spagnum moss. No associated wrappings.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Human mummy, accession number 12-657(0), described as Mummy, female, tattoo on chin is indication of rank. Pierced rim and lobe of ear indicate past puberty. Red ochre on face and in hair. No evidence of viscera replaced with grass or spagnum moss. No associated wrappings.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Human mummy, accession number 12-657(0), described as Mummy, female, tattoo on chin is indication of rank. Pierced rim and lobe of ear indicate past puberty. Red ochre on face and in hair. No evidence of viscera replaced with grass or spagnum moss. No associated wrappings.

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