The figure is inscribed with two vertical lines of hieroglyphic text from spell number 151 of the Book of the Dead. The statuette is made of cedar wood and is completely enveloped in a wrapping like a mummy. The figure wears a striped...

Significant due to its construction, its American paintings and books from its original role as a public library and free art gallery, and its funding by Horace Fairbanks, manufacturer of the world’s first platform scale.