page_title: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
section_title: Collections
hierarchical_section_title: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology / Collections
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: urexcavations191319join (find matches) Title: Ur excavations Year: 1900 (1900s) Authors: Joint Expedition of the British Museum and of the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania to Mesopotamia Hall, H. R. (Harry Reginald), 1873-1930, ed Woolley, Leonard, Sir, 1880-1960 Legrain, Leon, 1878- ed Subjects: Publisher: (n.p.) Pub. for the Trustees of the Two Museums by the aid of a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: U. 8569 BEADS V. Ch. XVIII M. Louise Baker del. PLATE 135 U. 11558 Text Appearing After Image: U. 12380. HEAD-DRESS OF THE WOMAN NO. 61 IN THE GREAT DEATH-PIT, PG/1237Slightly reduced v. p. 120 and PI. 144 PLATE 136 Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology—commonly called the Penn Museum—is an archaeology and anthropology museum that is part of the University of Pennsylvania. It is located on Penn's campus in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, at the intersection of 33rd and South Streets.
context_section_description: Penn Museum's extensive collections fall into two main divisions: archaeology, the artifacts recovered from the past by excavation, and ethnology, the objects and ideas collected from living peoples. There is also an extensive collection of skeletal material from the Physical Anthropology section. More than 20 galleries feature materials from around the world and throughout the ages.
caption: Head-dress of a noblewoman buried at  Ur, from the report on the Joint Expedition of the British Museum and of the Penn Museum, 1900.  Illustration by M. Louise Baker.
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