Beaded Breast Ornament
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1932
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Jeremiah Zimmerman
label: Site Name
content: Luxor (At Or Near)
notes: label: Notes
content: Per card, July 31, 1934 Dr. Jeremiah Zimmerman calls this a "bead mummy covering" and dates it to the 22nd-30th Dynasties (ca. 950-350 BC).
label: Notes
content: This object is indeed a net bead covering that would have been attached to the cartonnage wrappings of a mummy at the breast, and is Late Period.
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Bead network shroud, 1075-332 BC. Embalmers draped bead shrouds like this one across the mummy's chest and shoulders, and linen bindings held it in place.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 50
place: label: Place
content: Qena, 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: 117670
label: USNM Number
content: A362436-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bead Shroud