44 (q) Leopard - skin robe. 35
Head of wood, covered with gesso, overlaid with gold.
H. 17.5: W. 16.9: max. thickness 3.3
Nose, eye-frames & markings above eyes blue glass inlay.
Eyes of crystal(?), with black iris & ring & red corners in paint behind
On forehead inlaid cartouche. Basis of red glass, actual cartouche frame of
dark blue glass: scarab & plural sign of dark blue glass: disk of fibrous
calcite, neb of light blue glass.
Drops from eyes - probably blue - gone.
Two triangular pieces of gold torn off from sides of nose.
At back, behind ears & chin, bronze rings let in, .9 wide, projecting .5
Skin in very bad condition. Impossible to get details of size & shape.
Pieces of it preserved.
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