Beaded Netting for a Mummy Late PeriodAbusir
Description
Object Label: Attached to a linen shroud, this type of bead net covered the mummy from just below the shoulders to the feet. It was once adorned with faience figures of a winged scarab and the Four Sons of Horus. Blue bead nets were believed to assure rebirth by linking the deceased to Osiris and the sky goddess Nut. These gods were often depicted wearing bead net garments that were in fashion during the Old Kingdom, almost two millennia earlier. Caption: Beaded Netting for a Mummy, 760–656 B.C.E.. Faience, 13 x 1/4 x 59 1/16 in. (33 x 0.7 x 150 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1814E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1814E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118333 tier-2
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