mummy, bird's head, The mummy has been given an anthropoid appearance by forming a body tapering towards protruding feet. The rather small head is much narrower than the body. The front of the head is covered with a single piece of linen, on which the various features have been applied in relief (disc-shaped eyes, beak modeled around a roll of linen) or black paint (beak with dotted line below, irises and markings around the eyes). A striated wedge or horseshoe-shaped bands or linen has been applied on the head. There is a perforation on the crown of the head, doubtless or a separately-made
mummy, bird's head, The mummy has been given an anthropoid appearance by forming a body tapering towards protruding feet. The rather small head is much narrower than the body. The front of the head is covered with a single piece of linen, on which the various features have been applied in relief (disc-shaped eyes, beak modeled around a roll of linen) or black paint (beak with dotted line below, irises and markings around the eyes). A striated wedge or horseshoe-shaped bands or linen has been applied on the head. There is a perforation on the crown of the head, doubtless or a separately-made headdress (now lost). The rear of the body is covered by two sheets of linen, the outer one is now largely lost (medium-fine warp-faced tabby weave, about 13 x 28 threads
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