BULLETIIV 



OF 



THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM 



Vol. 10 CHARLESTON, S. C, OCTOBER, 1914 No. 6 



EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUfl 



EGYPTIAN MUMMY 



The Museum's Egyptian mummy is again on exhibition, for 

 the first time in seven years. It may be found at the rear of 

 the main hall, the mummy and back of its wooden coffin in one 

 case and the coffin top in another. This mummy was purchased 

 for the Museum by Dr. Gabriel E. Manigault in 1893, from Mr. 

 Horatio G. Wood of Newport, Rhode Island, who had secured 

 it in 1880 in Cairo, where he had been American consul since 1865. 



The mummy is that of a woman and is in its original linen 

 wrappings. Black gum or pitch applied to the wrappings on the 

 head and upper surface has hardened the linen to a case-like con- 

 sistency. This is cut away over the face, leaving its blackened 

 and indistinct features exposed. The great number of layers of 

 linen are plainly visible. There is over the toes a removable 

 covering on which conventionalized feet are painted. 



The case is as interesting as the mummy. It is made of wood 

 mortised and nailed with wooden pegs. The top and part of 

 the sides are crudely painted, and the head and hair of the de- 

 ceased are represented in applied low relief of wood. Dr. Mani- 

 gault in a lecture on Egypt, delivered at the College of Charles- 

 ton soon after the purchase of this mummy, says: 



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