ABSTRACT
As in the case of most of the queens, the natural hair is supplemented by an artificial wig. The face was painted yellow, the cheeks and lips red and the eyebrows black. The body-cavity contained amongst the sawdust with which it was packed remains of the viscera which had been replaced and of the wax figures of the guardian genii placed there with them (see below, p. 146). The embalming-wound was plugged with a large mass of resinous paste, which had forced its lips apart, and on its outer surface was a plate of wax. This mummy displayed a curious treatment of the perineum, the only instance of its kind so far discovered. When the embalmers had removed the viscera, the pelvic cavity was cleared completely of its contents and a plug of linen was applied to the perineum and secured in position by means of a thick string, which was passed through the pelvis and out through the embalming-wound, down to the perineum again.
