Mummy Shroud

Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker

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Roman, 2nd century CE

Linen and black and green paint

Overall: 63 3/4 × 14 in. (162 × 35.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

39.64.6622

Geography

Place Made: possibly Thebes, Thebes, Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa

Period

1-500

Object Name

Textile: Mummy

Research Area

Ancient Egypt

Africa

Not on view

Provenance

Miss E. M. Sutton (possibly Eveline Mary Sutton, 1858-1935), Oxford, England; given to the Museum and Art Gallery, Reading, England, 1931; sold to present collection, 1939.

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