Egyptian Linen Mummy Wrapping
Ptolemaic Period, 332 BC-30 BC. A large section of linen fabric from a mummy wrapping with an old handwritten collector's label 'Linen fabric (mummy wrapping) Egypt. B.C.200 (circ"). Lon?. by. Dr D.W. Collings'. 184 grams, 134 x 66cm (52 3/4 x 26"). Ex Dudley Collings collection, thence by descent; formerly in 'The Swansea collection'; found Alexandria, Egypt, in the 19th century; accompanied by a late 19th century identification label. Dr Dudley Willis Collings (1870-1955) was the first curator of the Southwold Museum and the town's doctor. Collings' son and daughter-in-law were close friends of Eric Blair (George Orwell) who shared their interest in anthropology. [No Reserve]
Condition Report: Fine condition.
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Ptolemaic Period, 332 BC-30 BC. A large section of linen fabric from a mummy wrapping with an old handwritten collector's label 'Linen fabric (mummy wrapping) Egypt. B.C.200 (circ"). Lon?. by. Dr D.W. Collings'. 184 grams, 134 x 66cm (52 3/4 x 26"). Ex Dudley Collings collection, thence by descent; formerly in 'The Swansea collection'; found Alexandria, Egypt, in the 19th century; accompanied by a late 19th century identification label. Dr Dudley Willis Collings (1870-1955) was the first curator of the Southwold Museum and the town's doctor. Collings' son and daughter-in-law were close friends of Eric Blair (George Orwell) who shared their interest in anthropology. [No Reserve]
Condition Report: Fine condition.
