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. The head and beak were covered in a dark brown bandage, of which only tatters remain. The rest of the bird was covered with overlapping folded bandages to form a herringbone pattern of five overlapping strips alternating polychrome bandages. A larger bandage secures the edges of the herringbones. The base is well covered by different pieces of cloth that were made to adhere through glue or resin and hide the untidy bandage and thread combination. CT scans show the complete skeleton of an adult ibis, positioned on its back, with the head folded over the sternum, wings folded against the sides of the body, neck curved to S and limbs flexed as if it were seated. A sizable piece of cloth was rolled up and placed between sternum and neck, as well as in the eviscerated body cavity. Bits of sand and gravel are trapped in the wrappings.
