Ming Period Chinese Porcelain of the XVII and XVIII Centuries Detail of the Cartonnage Enclosing the Mummy of the "Lady of the House, Tesha".
Dynasty XXII-XXV] Detail of the Cartonnage Enclosing the Mummy of the "Lady of the House, Tesha".
The tomb furniture is excellent of its kind and the cartonnage case of the mummy is well made and rather finely decorated.
The cartonnagewas formed of a number of layers of linen or papyrus united by glue or cement, and when the case had been fitted to a mummy it was molded to the body, so that the general form of the features and limbs was often apparent.
They are peculiar to the XIIth Dynasty, and seemingly were used for decorating the wrappings of the mummy, as is well illustrated by a mask cartonnage found in tomb No.
It had a cartonnage mask covering the head and shoulders, with gilt face, the head-dress painted yellow and striated with grey-green bands which had oval spots in black (illustrating the use of the violet ornaments found in tomb No.
Nothing had been touched in this palace of death since the day when the mummy in itscartonnage and its two coffins had been placed upon its basalt couch.
For that is the age of the mummy which the caprice of fate drew from its cartonnage in the midst of the Universal Exposition, amid all the machinery of our modern civilisation.
The cartonnage case, composed of waste papyrus fragments glued together, was painted with figures of deities.
The mummy itself was enclosed in a handsome cartonnage case laced up the back.
Moreover, the damp from the body would quickly ruin the cartonnage and would cause a steamy film on the inside of the glass case in which it would be exhibited.
A dusty cloth dabbed over the bitumen when it was dry disguised its newness, and the cartonnage with its tenant was ready for delivery.
It was a difficult business getting him into the case without assistance, and I cracked the cartonnage badly in several places before he was safely enclosed.
It was a cartonnage of rather flexible material and had an opening behind, secured with a lacing so that it could be opened without injury.
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