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Cartonnage is an Egyptology and Papyrology term used to describe plastered layers of fiber or papyrus . . . flexible enough (when wet) to mold around irregular surfaces such as a body, cases, coffins, masks during the funerary process. Such a finished flat surface allowed for painting…
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- Item Number: O-1858
- Provenance/Origin: Circa 300 BC, Near Sais, Nile Delta
- Composition: Papyrus and/or linen. Paint.
- Dimensions: 8" x 5.75" fabric
- Weight: 1.25 pounds with plexi
- Price: $ 485.00 USD
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Cartonnage is an Egyptology and Papyrology term used to describe plastered layers of fiber or papyrus . . . flexible enough (when wet) to mold around irregular surfaces such as a body, cases, coffins, masks during the funerary process. Such a finished flat surface allowed for painting of…
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- Item Number: O-4336
- Provenance/Origin: Circa 300 BC. Near Sais, Nile Delta
- Composition: Papyrus and/or linen. Paint.
- Dimensions: 8" tall x 12.75"
- Weight: 1.5 pounds in case
- Price: $ 615.00 USD
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Cartonnage is an Egyptology and Papyrology term used to describe plastered layers of fiber or papyrus . . . flexible enough (when wet) to mold around irregular surfaces such as a body, cases, coffins, masks during the funerary process. Such a finished flat surface allowed for painting…
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- Item Number: F-1193
- Provenance/Origin: Egypt's Late Period. Perhaps from Sais.
- Composition: Cartonnage: papyrus & perhaps linen
- Dimensions: 10" long x 2.75" at widest
- Weight: 0.5 pound
- Price: $ 930.00 USD
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The ancient Egyptians believed that the statutory agricultural labor imposed on them in order to use the Nile floods would continue to be imposed after death and into the afterlife. The shabtis / ushabti – small inscribed figures of adult male/female forms – were formed and made of…
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- Item Number: R-3010
- Provenance/Origin: Paperback. 2008. Shire Egyptology
- Dimensions: 6" x 8.25"
- Weight: 1 pound
- Price: $ 147.00 USD
