Mummy Of Cat, In Mummy Wrappings
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1963
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edith Goldsmith
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "White wrappings, 2 blue bands at throat and one at base, which is sealed with some dark substance. Six blue stripes across front. False ears modeled from dark material. Exhibit, Hall 26, 1976."
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Mummified cat, 332-30 B.C. The six blue strips of linen decorating this mummy stand out against more common brown and beige wrappings, and it has carefully shaped false ears. The kitten inside may be less than four weeks old.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Jul 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: 251758
label: USNM Number
content: A437431-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Animal Mummy