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Carter No.: 320e

Handlist description: Lock of plaited hair

Card/Transcription No.: 320e


320, E. (Contents of 320)

A lock of plaited hair auburn in colourx covered over with linen and saturated with unguents. L. 12 cents.

From the inscriptions upon the coffin this lock of hair apparently belong to Queen Tye.

(x Note ? a possible loss of pigmentation may have occurred.)

Card no. 320e relating to Carter no. 320e
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