General
General
Object Auto ID
16034
Alternate Codes
objectautoid_sahrisv1_20817
Common Name
Near Eastern Mummified Head
Local Name
KG 68 - Ditsong: National Museum of Cultural History
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

A Mummified Head of a woman, that has been cut off at the neck and placed in a glass case. Some of the bindings have disintegrated over time leaving parts of the face exposed where the eyes, mouth and ears can clearly be seen. These extremities have been closed with some kind of material. In some places the skull is visible through the dry dark skin.

Owner
Frank Teichert
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History
Object Age
2014
Object Age Comment
The Mummified Head is said to be about 2700 years old (2nd Archaic Period) when it was donated to the museum in 1921.
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