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Noticeable paint peeling can be seen on Nellie’s coffin, which actually belonged to an adult male mummy. Nellie was brought to the Burke Museum in 1902 by UW regent Manson Backus from the National Museum of Egyptian Antiquities at Giza.
From Trung Le | October 23, 2008

Noticeable paint peeling can be seen on Nellie’s coffin, which actually belonged to an adult male mummy. Nellie was brought to the Burke Museum in 1902 by UW regent Manson Backus from the National Museum of Egyptian Antiquities at Giza.

Located in: "Whoa, Nellie!" Mummy unveiled at Burke Museum

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