Ancient Egyptian Votive Falcon Mummy while the rounded body is

while the rounded body is decorated with linear and curvilinear motifs suggestive of garments or ritual body paint

preserving the left side of a human face with remarkable artistic detail

likely alpaca or llama wool

North Carolina

Ancient Egyptian Votive Falcon Mummy while the rounded body isAncient 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