<em>Hawk Mummy</em>, 664–30 B.C.E. Animal remains (Common Kestrel, genus Falco), linen, wood, 4 1/4 x 3 x 16 3/4 in. (10.8 x 7.6 x 42.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.2042.3E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth,er), 37.2042.3E_Gavin_Ashworth_photograph.jpg)

Hawk Mummy

Medium: Animal remains (Common Kestrel, genus Falco), linen, wood

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Dates:664–30 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 4 1/4 x 3 x 16 3/4 in. (10.8 x 7.6 x 42.5 cm)

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Accession Number: 37.2042.3E

Image: 37.2042.3E_Gavin_Ashworth_photograph.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Small hawk mummy wrapped in a coarse weave linen. The linen bundle is then wound with threading; the body is wound in a systematic pattern across the body, while at the lower end, the thread is laced up and down the length of the body in a zigzag pattern. A thread is also wound around the base of the head repeatedly. Condition: The threading across the widest part of the body is missing, its indentations are still visible. There are a few holes at the widest part of the body. A portion of an old sticker still remains.

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