Mummied Ibis
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Aug 1913
name: label: Donor Name
content: Egyptian Exploration Fund
label: Site Name
content: Abydos
notes: label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Mummified ibis; Species: Threskiornis aethiopicus, sacred ibis; 525 B.C.-A.D. 200. Through the broken top, you can see bones and part of a wing from a mature and an immature ibis. Embalmers dried the birds, then applied molten resin and oil that burnt through part of the feathers and skin and adhered to the bone.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 055827
label: USNM Number
content: A279285-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Animal Mummy