Coffin and Mummy of Paankhaenamun

Egyptian; Thebes (now Luxor), Egypt

Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22, reign of Osorkon I (about 924–889 BCE)

Cartonnage, gold leaf, pigment, and mummified human remains

Art Institute of Chicago

An Egyptian mummy case is decorated with a gold face, a blue wig, a bird, and scenes of gods and goddesses. An Egyptian mummy case is decorated with a gold face, a blue wig, a bird, and scenes of gods and goddesses. The outer hard case of an Egyptian mummy is painted with a gold face, a blue geometric wig, a colorful bird across the chest, and various scenes across the lower portion featuring figures of gods and goddesses.