Ancient Egyptian Votive Falcon Mummy including facial markings and geometric

including facial markings and geometric motifs on the reverse

with clear imperial portraiture characteristic of Alexandrian issues

It is illustrated in Pre-Columbian Jade from Costa Rica by Elizabeth Kennedy Easby

and burial encrustation consistent with ancient interment

Ancient Egyptian Votive Falcon Mummy including facial markings and geometricAncient Egyptian Votive Falcon Mummy Late Period, circa 600300 BCE Height: 6 1 2" An ancient Egyptian votive mummy constructed from linen and encased in a carefully modeled cartonnage outer layer, representing a falcon. The surface is coated in plaster and retains traces of original polychrome decoration in red, blue, yellow, and black, with delineated facial features rendered in black pigment. This example departs from more commonly encountered linen