Bird Mummy
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 1986
label: Collection Date
content: 1960
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Philip J. Roode
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Philip J. Roode
notes: label: Notes
content: WOVEN LINEN STRIPS WRAPPED AROUND BUNDLE OF PROBABLE AVIAN BONES, SPECIES UNKNOWN. THE SKELETAL MATERIAL IS FIRMLY BOUND, HOWEVER, THE WRAPPINGS ARE DRY AND DETERIORATED.
label: Notes
content: Pre-Roman Period.
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Mummified bird of prey; Species: Falco tinnunculus, Eurasian kestrel; 600 B.C.-A.D. 100. The CT scan (left) of this mysterious bundle reveals a headless body. However, the shape of the leg and feet bones allowed scientists to identify it as a kestrel or kite, birds of prey still found in Egypt.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 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: 362992
label: USNM Number
content: A528481-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Animal Mummy
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 21.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9.1 cm