Mummy of a Child

Mummy of a Child

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Mummy of a Child
CultureEgyptian
Titles
  • Mummy of a Child
  • Mummy of an Egyptian Child
Date30 BC–150 AD
MediumPainted linen
Dimensions31 × 8 1/2 × 7 1/8 in. (78.7 × 21.6 × 18.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc. and the Director's Accessions Endowment
Object number2006.530
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
200 Jamail Atrium
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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
ProvenanceCollected by the French archaeologist, J. Deshayes, early 1900s; […]; [Paris auction, c. 1981]; purchased by Michel Grandsard, Antwerp, c. 1981; purchased by [William Jamieson (1954–2011) Tribal Art, Ontario, by 2006]; purchased by MFAH, 2006.

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