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The unwrapping and examination of Tutankhamun's embalmed body took place over nine days in November 1925, during which some 150 amulets, items of jewellery and other objects were discovered inside the layers of decayed and blackened bandages. The appearance and position of each article were meticulously documented in hundreds of photographs by Harry Burton and in eighteen sensitively drawn illustrations by Howard Carter (the so-called 'autopsy drawings'), complementing the 'object cards' the excavation team compiled for each item. Carter's drawing records the position of thirteen elaborate jewelled bracelets worn on the king's bare forearms, which are folded on his chest, and the location of two rings on the left hand. The bracelets vary in type and decoration, and the majority are made of gold, with faience, glass, and semi-precious stones inlays and bead-work.

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Title

Tutankhamun's Bracelets

Date

1925–1926

Medium

pencil on tracing paper

Measurements

H 25.7 x W 20.6 cm

Accession number

TAA Archive i.4.10

Acquisition method

gift, 1946

Work type

Drawing

Signature/marks description

ARMS - FOREARMS

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Artist or maker

Howard Carter

1874–1939

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