Collection: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Title: Cat Mummy
Classification: Animal Remains, Ceremonial
Label Text: [Mummy Chamber Label 2010]
Mummified Cat
Linen, animal remains
Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period, 305 b.c.e.–1st century c.e.
From Egypt
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1988
[Later Egypt Label 1993]
Cat Mummy
Linen, mummified cat
Ptolemaic Period-Roman Period, 305 b.c.- first century a.d.
Provenance not known
37.1988E, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Date Label: 750-400 B.C.E.
Period: Third Intermediate Period or later
Dynasty: Dynasty 22 to Dynasty 27
place made: Egypt, Africa
Medium: Animal remains, linen
Description: Mummified cat, neatly wrapped. Features painted on face. Decorated with various crossings and interlacing of bands from foot to neck. Single cloth over head on which features are indicated in line. Wound from neck to tail in alternately light and dark bands. Ears simulated in cloth.
Dimensions: 23 13/16 x 4 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (60.5 x 12.1 x 14 cm)
Exhibition History: On view in the Mummy Chamber, 5/2010-6/7/2011, 7/20/2011-8/13/2013. On display in the Later Egypt Gallery (Temples and Tombs), 1993-3/2010.
Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Current Location: 37.1988E - Brooklyn Museum