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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
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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.
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