Basic Description
The chosen object was the “Cartonnage Case containing Mummy of Nes-Ptah”. The mummy belongs to Thebes, Egypt from Dynasty 22. It is dated back from 946 – 712 BC. The cartonnage and the mummy I put on the display at museum that was gifted to museum by C. Granville Way in 1872. The cartonnage is in the form of a figurine that is brightly painted in horizontal registers and columns. The cartonnage is made of wood and is varnished. Another resin material is poured over the coffin to protect the pattern. This resin has, however, turned black over the time.
The line of the cartonnage is vertical and straight up in contrast to the painted columns. It is a human sized cartonnage as it contains the real remains of mummified Nes-Ptah.
The chosen object was the “Cartonnage Case containing Mummy of Nes-Ptah”. The mummy belongs to Thebes, Egypt from Dynasty 22. It is dated back from 946 – 712 BC. The cartonnage and the mummy I put on the display at museum that was gifted to museum by C. Granville Way in 1872. The cartonnage is in the form of a figurine that is brightly painted in horizontal registers and columns. The cartonnage is made of wood and is varnished. Another resin material is poured over the coffin to protect the pattern. This resin has, however, turned black over the time.
The line of the cartonnage is vertical and straight up in contrast to the painted columns. It is a human sized cartonnage as it contains the real remains of mummified Nes-Ptah.