the chest of the mummy. A twig wound with cotton 
thread (30/4161) was enclosed within the folds of these 
two textiles. Attached to the apron and net at the back 
of the neck was asmall bag of cotton netting containing 
several pieces of cloth, two smaller nets and a number 
of fragments of leaves (80/4197). 
A shawl had been draped about the body, the ends 
being brought forward and placed over the gourd on the 
chest. Inside of a bag which had been placed on top of 
the shawl was a small knitted bag containing four small 
bundles of raw cotton wound with cotton string (80/ 
4181). Two of these contained a red pigment; each of 
the other two a small pellet of oily texture. Various tex- 
tiles had been wrapped about the upper part of the body, 
and among these were found a flake of gold and a few 
kernels of maize (80/4189) which presumably had fallen 
from the mouth and nose of the mummy. It appears to 
have been customary to place either kernels of maize, 
bits of raw cotton or small objects of gold or other ma- 
terial in the mouth or nose of the deceased. 
Among the other specimens that had been included 
in the bundle at this point of its construction were four 
hanks and four balls of cotton thread. Below the right 
knee were the much disintegrated remains of a small 
coiled basket (80/4228). Apparently this basket had 
originally been placed in the lap of the mummy and had 
contained, in addition to a fragment of llama wool, a 
number of plant specimens, probably as a food offering. 
These comprised remains of peanuts (80/4182), maize 
(30/4184, 80/4185, 30/4187, 30/4188) and four roots 
(30/4190, 80/4192, 30/4198, 80/4198). 
Several miscellaneous items which presumably had 
fallen from other parts of the body were discovered at 
the bottom of the bundle. Among these were a cob of 
maize (30/4183), another cob with attached kernels 
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