Oriental Museum, Durham University


Items in the collection

AEABB176

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EXTERNAL APPEARANCE
Cyclindrical bundle with false head, eyes, ears and nose. Horizontal striped bandaging. Previously conserved - netting around the body.

AEABB175

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EXTERNAL APPEARANCE
Conical shaped with false head and feet with horizontal striped linen wrapping. Some of the breast area decoration is lost.

AEABB174

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EXTERNAL APPEARANCE
Dark and light brown linen wrappings. False head, face and ears. Hole in front area with reeds visible protruding slightly and laid longitudinally.

AEABB173

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EXTERNAL APPEARANCE
Partially unwrapped falcon with beak and feet exposed. Linen appears to be one piece shrouded around the bird.

AEABB172

EXTERNAL APPEARANCE
Fragmented pieces of animal mummy kept in a perspex box. Included linen, resin and bone. Long bone identified as feline

AEABB171

EXTERNAL APPEARANCE
Dark brown wrappings with face painted on. On a display stand - mask only. Back of the head lost.

AEABB170

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EXTERNAL APPEARANCE
Cat shaped cylindrical bundle with false ears. Geometric patterning across the body area.

AEABB169

EXTERNAL APPEARANCE
Small cat mummy bundle with false head and ears. Bi-coloured linen wrappings.

AEABB168

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EXTERNAL APPEARANCE
Very plain bundle with no decoration or facial detail. Wrappings cylindrical and monotone. In good condition with little to no damage.

AEABB167

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EXTERNAL APPEARANCE
Large mishappen bundle. Wrappings have a similar pattern to EG614 - 'V' design.

AEABB166

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EXTERNAL APPEARANCE
Very fragile and haphazardly wrapped. No decoration or discernible wrapping pattern.

AEABB165

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EXTERNAL APPEARANCE
Conical shaped bundle with numerous layers of bandages, solid piece of background linen with applique ibis decoration. Bandaging is frayed and the contents feel loose and mobile. Hole visible, black layer underneath and bone…

AEABB164

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EXTERNAL APPEARANCE
Conical shaped bundle layered with different linen layers and wrapped over with thread in a basket effect. Loose matter coming from a ?burn hole in RHS.

AEABB163

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EXTERNAL APPEARANCE
Well wrapped bundle with herringbone decoration. Bi-colour bandaging with nemes headdress (no face but may have held a portrait originally). Collar consists of parallel strips of linen, four brown, six white, mirroring the design…

AEABB162

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EXTERNAL APPEARANCE
Light grey coloured stone coffin with accompanying lid containing the remains of a ibis, the head of which is visible from the open aspect. Much amber coloured resin pieces and masses of bandages are visible surrounding the ibis…

Algernon Percy, Fourth Duke of Northumberland (1792-1865)



Following a visit to Egypt in 1826, Duke Algernon Percy was alike many of his counterparts in the mid-nineteenth century and developed a taste for collecting Egyptian antiquities. He proudly displayed these - and British objects - at the family…