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Tutankhamun - back of throne (from a series on Egypt)

Object | Part of Photography collection

item details

NameTutankhamun - back of throne (from a series on Egypt)
ProductionBrian Brake; photographer; 1966-1968; Egypt
Classificationcolour transparencies, documentary photographs
Materialsphotographic gelatin, dye, cut film, reversal film
Materials Summarycolour transparency
Techniquesphotography, colour photography, chromogenic processes, copying
Registration NumberD.000882
Credit lineGift of Wai Man Lau, 2010

Overview

Depicts the back rest of the throne. The backrest is gold and depicts a seated man, with a woman standing before him with one hand on the man's shoulder. The skin of the figures is inlaid with a red-brown stone, and their hair with a blue material, and there are other inlaid areas. There are hieroglyphics behind the head of each figure.