An ibis mummy wrapped to show the animal lying on its back with the beak resting on its ventral side and the legs drawn up to the body as if it were seated. Most of the outer wrappings are missing. The head shows the inner textile that was covered by a darker brown cloth, probably coloured with paint or resin to give the impression of the bird’s black head. The body would have been wrapped with bandages and swatches of cloth that were kept in place with threads, then wrapped in more bits of cloth over which a series of overlapping bandages would have been laid, in a herringbone pattern of six overlapping strips. A larger bandage secures the edges of the herringbones. The bottom side is exposed, revealing the spiral wrappings, swatches of cloth and thread that kept the wrappings in place. There are traces of what looks like gypsum plaster on the base. CT scans show an adult ibis. The skeleton is complete but disorderly. The bird appears to have been eviscerated, with nothing placed within the body cavity. The tail is reinforced with extra fabric.
