The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 16, 2026

A horizontally long, off-white linen cloth is defined by wispy, frayed fringes along its top and bottom edges. Textured with soft wrinkles and creases, the thin material reveals a consistent weave throughout its rectangular form. Toward the left, several dark brown spots and vertical holes punctuate the material, while a small dark mark rests near the bottom center, emphasizing the time-worn nature of its simple woven fibers.

Mummy Linen

1540–1296 BCE

Egypt, New Kingdom , Dynasty 18

(1540–1069 BCE)
plain weave: linen
Overall: 279.4 x 95.9 cm (110 x 37 3/4 in.)
Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1921.1023
Location: Not on view
  • purchased at the Lord Amherst sale, June 1921, no. 353 in the Amherst catalogue.
  • "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 8, no. 9 (1921): 138-41. Mentioned: p. 138 www.jstor.org
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