<em>Mummified Ibis</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Animal remains, linen, 5 1/4 × 3 3/8 × 19 3/4 in. (13.3 × 8.6 × 50.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1985E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1985E_threequarter_PS2.jpg)

Mummified Ibis

Medium: Animal remains, linen

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:664–332 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 5 1/4 × 3 3/8 × 19 3/4 in. (13.3 × 8.6 × 50.2 cm)

Collections:

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

Exhibitions:

Accession Number: 37.1985E

Image: 37.1985E_threequarter_PS2.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Mummified ibis, wrapped in shape of human mummy. "Wig" indicated by strips of black cloth; a slot once held head and beak made of metal or some other material. The mummy contains stray ibis bones and possibly rocks.

Brooklyn Museum