M0008471: Photographs of an unwrapped mummy illustrating the processes of mummification

Date:
29 December 1941
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/73/100
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Credit

M0008471: Photographs of an unwrapped mummy illustrating the processes of mummification. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced September 2020: Illustrations of processes of mummification

Description

Reproduction of photographs published in a work by Warren R. Dawson showing the process of mummification of a human body. Related images: M0008472, M0008473, M0008474, M0008475, M0008476, M0008477, M0008478, M0008479, M0008480, M0008481, M0008482, M0008483, M0008484, M0008485, M0008486, M0008487, M0008488, M0008489.

Publication/Creation

29 December 1941

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Terms of use

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