Identity area
Reference code
TAA ii.6.61
Title
Members of the Tutankhamun excavation team riding donkeys: view 1, digital image
Date(s)
- 2004 (Creation)
- early 1923 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 digital image
Context area
Name of creator
(1874-1939)
Name of creator
(1879-1940)
Name of creator
(1874-1928)
Name of creator
(1867-1945)
Name of creator
(1879-1963)
Name of creator
(23 April 1869 - 7 August 1949)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
- Digital image.
- The original photographer is not known, perhaps taken by The Times photographer, probably in early 1923.
- A donkey procession in the Valley of the Kings.
At the front, riding sidesaddle is Howard Carter, followed by Arthur Mace (wearing a dark hat). The man partially obscured by Mace is Alfred Lucas. At the back, riding the last donkey is Arthur Callender. - Donkeys were the main form of transport to and from Tutankhamun's tomb.
- TAA ii.6.62 almost certainly records the same event.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Original negative deaccessioned.
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Language of material
Script of material
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Original negative deaccessioned in 2004.
Existence and location of copies
The Griffith Institute only has a low-resolution jpeg (600dpi) digital scan for this image, and it is not possible to rescan the original, now deaccessioned, negative.