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Title: Cartonnage used to cover the dead. Cartonnage consists of layers of linen or papyrus stiffened with gesso (plaster). It was often used for making mummy masks, cases and anthropid coffins. [Go to resource]
Description: Fragment of cartonnage, painted with yellow, red, brown lines the centre of which has a wadjet eye. 28x24cm. This cartonnage would have been used to cover the body of the deceased. The wadjet eye, or Eye of Horus was a symbol of healing. Format: text/html License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Rights holder: University of Swansea, Egypt Centre Subjects: [none] Source: Egypt Centre Identifier: http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... Language: en-GB Format: text/html Go to resource More Like this...
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