<em>Cat Mummy</em>, 750-400 B.C.E. Animal remains, linen, pigment, 5 1/2 × 3 3/4 × 24 1/2 in. (14 × 9.5 × 62.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1988E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1988E_SL1.jpg)

Cat Mummy

Medium: Animal remains, linen, pigment

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:750-400 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 5 1/2 × 3 3/4 × 24 1/2 in. (14 × 9.5 × 62.2 cm)

Collections:

Museum Location: Funerary Gallery 2, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

Exhibitions:

Accession Number: 37.1988E

Image: 37.1988E_SL1.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Mummified cat, neatly wrapped. Features painted on face. Decorated with various crossings and interlacing of bands from foot to neck. Single cloth over head on which features are indicated in line. Wound from neck to tail in alternately light and dark bands. Ears simulated in cloth.

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