Tomb Scene of Leather Processing

Item Overview

Title

Tomb Scene of Leather Processing

Date Created

1943

Collection

UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (UEE)

Notes

Description

Tomb S323
Horizontal
Article: Leatherworking
Painted on Stucco

Caption

Figure 4. The tomb of Rekhmira has one of the most complete scenes of leather processing andthe manufacture of leather objects.

Note

Davies, Norman de Garis. 1943 The tomb of Rekh-mi-Rē at Thebes. Publications of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Egyptian Expedition 11. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Physical Description

Medium

paint
Plaster

Keywords

Genre

Wall painting

Subject Geographic

Thebes West

Subject Temporal

18th Dynasty
New Kingdom
Reign of Thutmoses III

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Material Culture, Art and Architecture
Animal materials
Leatherworking
Technology