4 THE GLIDDON MUMMY-CASE. 



complexion may prove conventional, are clearly from the hair and features of the 

 Arabian or White Race. 



In regard to the material, the mummy-case is formed of layers of linen ; over 

 which is a thin coating of cJnmam to receive the paintings. This firm, smooth 

 plaster or stucco continues in use both in Egypt and Hindustan throughout monu- 

 mental history ; and to the present day is applied around the Indian Ocean to a 

 great variety of purposes, including sheathing ships. I found sea-water employed 

 in the manufacture of chunam by the Arabs at Zanzibar, 



