IDENTIFIERS
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id:	57322
accession number:	E.GA.2897.1943

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Friday 18 July 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: An open work, low-relief gilded cartonnage overlay depicting an ape-headed god, most probably Hapy (one of the four Sons of Horus). Hapy stands on a square plinth and holds some type of garment/length of folded cloth in his hands. 

The piece of openwork is made from approximately four layers of densely tabby woven linen impregnated with adhesive. The fibres are ā€˜s’ plied. The linen was cut to shape prior to the application of the preparation layer or gilding. Black sketch lines are visible on the back of the piece. 

After cutting, a white calcite preparation layer was applied to the front of the linen; in areas this has also covered the edges of the linen. The preparation layer has been applied thicker in areas to build up the low relief decoration. The gold leaf was applied directly to the surface of the preparation layer, folding around the edges of the piece. It is unclear if an adhesive was used or if there is a binder in the preparation layer.

The back of the linen is coated with a partial layer of black resin. The textile impressions in this layer suggest that it was used to adhere the openwork piece to a cartonnage or textile base. There are small patches of this black resin on the front of the gilding.
title:	cartonnage

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Antiquities

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/57322





CATEGORIES
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category: funerary equipment

DATING
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creation date:	700 - 30
creation date earliest:	700
creation date latest:	30
culture:	Late Period


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 21.3

dimension: Thickness
units: cm
value: 0.1

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 5.4



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Death on the Nile: Uncovering the Afterlife of Ancient Egypt
CITATIONS
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Death on the Nile: Uncovering the Afterlife of Ancient Egypt
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