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Carter No.: 139

Handlist description: Folding (?) stool of ebony, ivory, gold and leather

Card/Transcription No.: 139-4 


139 Stool


Leather from seat.


Undoubtedly goat skin.


(Report from Dr. R. H. Pickard. The British Leather Manufacturers' Research Association)


See The Tomb of Tut-ankh-Amen Vol II, Appendix II p. 176.


There is no evidence to show whether the leather was tanned or how it was tanned. (Dr. R. H.
Pickard).
Card no. 139-4 relating to Carter no. 139
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