Mummified hand
- Hilton Price Number
- HP2
- Object Type
- Organic remains, Human, Human mummy, Element of mummy
- Materials
- Mummified remains (Human remains) | Textile/fibres (Linen)
- Measurements
- Length: 8"
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian
Licensing details
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- Description
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Mummified hand with bandages on the back.
- Catalogue Description
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Human hand, stout, highly bitumenised, with mummy cloth adhering to the back. L 8 in.
- Bibliography
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Price, Frederick George Hilton (1897) A catalogue of the Egyptian antiquities in the possession of F. G. Hilton Price. London: Quaritch. [p. 1] Anonymous (1911). Catalogue of the important and extensive collection of Egyptian antiquities, the property of the late F. G. Hilton-Price, Esq. [...] : which will be sold by auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge [...] on Wednesday, 12th July, 1911, and two following days, and on Monday, the 17th of July, and four following days. London: Davy. [p. 130]
- Hilton Price Lot Description
- Two Hands and two Feet from mummies; two mummified Hawks in their original wrappings; and varied mummified remains of Birds, a Snake, &c.
- Buyer
- PASSED
- Former Owner
- Frederick George Hilton Price (1842–1909)
- Last modified: 28 Jul 2021