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Figure 2. — The back o£ the legs of the same mummy. 
The buttock-incisions (2) are much more distinct than they are in 
figure 1. An incision (4) may be seen on the back of each knee joint ; 
and another (5) on the back of each heel. 
All these incisions are sewn up with a running thread. 
Plate VI. 
Figure 1. — ^The incision between the shoulders (PI. V, figure 1) is shown 
on a larger scale. The white arrows point to the ends of the incision 
and the number 1 is opposite its middle. 
The incision is very difficult to see even on the actual mummy, and 
was very difficult to photograph by reason of the polished red surface. 
Figures 2 arid 3 are larger photographs of the incisions on the backs of 
the knee (4) and the elbow (3) respectively of the mummy shown in 
PI. V. 
Plate VII. 
Figure 1. — The front of the mummy of a woman. 
The skin has been removed from the front of the chest and abdomen 
almost as far down as the umbilicus, so as to expose the layer of mud 
covering the front of the thorax and leading down to the opening in the 
left flank. 
This photograph shows the characteristic position of the hands in 
front of the pudenda. 
Note the annular depressions on all the fingers — due to the presence 
of string wound around the fingers during the first stage of embalming. 
Figure 2. — The back of a female mummy. The right arm has been 
detached. The back — from the loins to the shoulders — has been stuffed 
with a large quantity of mud. The buttocks, however, have been 
stuffed with linen (removed on the right side). 
Plate VIII. 
Figure 1. — The front of the chest and the right arm of the mummy of a 
corpulent woman. 
The arm has not been stuffed, and the loose wrinkled skin forms a 
case enclosing the bone. 
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