Mummies in Michigan (9)
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Ann Arbor(2)
Kelsey Museum (2) 434 South State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1390 2 mummies, both children, possibly a boy and girl. The mummies are not on view. Detroit (5)
Detroit Institute of Arts (5) 5200 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI (313) 833-7900 The DIA uses Google's Tango technology! The Web site is an excellent resource for Information about Ancient Egypt. 4 mummies. (Information from Mr. Carter Lupton suggests 5) One, a female from the Roman Period is on permanent display, She is a Gift of H. Kirke White (01.4) and is dated to 30 BC/395 AD. She remains intact, wrapped in linen, gold, and brass wrappings. the catonnage gold mask and geometric wrappings are especially beautiful. A lack of inscriptions or mummy tag leaves her in an annoymous state. Grand Rapids (1)
Grand Rapids Public Museum (1) 272 Pearl Street NW Grand Rapids, MI 49504 1 mummy of a woman with inner cartonnage case Nakhte-Bastet-Iru Third Intermediate period, 22nd Dynasty Father: Steward of the Sacred Boat, Opener of the Doors of Heaven at Karnak temple, Djed-Khonsu-Iuf-Ankh Purchased from dealer in Egypt 1909 by prominent Grand Rapids businessman, Edward Lowe
Egyptian Mummy Goes on Display February 2015 |
Kalamazoo (1)
Kalamazoo Valley Museum (1) The Kalamazoo Mummy The Kalamazoo mummy was originally brought to San Francisco in 1894 as part of an Egyptian exhibit for the California Mid-Winter Exposition. When the exposition closed on July 4th of 1894, the Egyptian delegation sold the mummy to the colorful San Franciscan, Nathan Joseph, a collector and owner of The Old Curiosity Shop. The mummy remained on-loan to de Young's Golden Gate Museum until 1910 when Donald O. Boudeman, a Kalamazoo businessman acquired her from a collector in San Francisco. The mummy was on display in the Bondeman home until 1928 when she was donated to the year old museum and library. In 1920 Donald Boudeman with the help of a local surgeon unwrapped the mummy's head to see its facial features. Modern Xray examination has disclosed that the mummy is of a woman. Examination of the pelvic area indicates that she had given birth. Her teeth were in very bad condition, probably resulting from a high amount of grit in her food. Her arms were crossed over her chest. The stylistic elements of her coffin place her at Akhmim (The ancient Greek Panopolis) in the early centuries B.C.E. Link: Kalamazoo Valley Museum's Mystery of the Mummy page |
