Object TAA iii.39.1 - Cigarette tin: Nestor Gianaclis "Toutankhamon"

1 metal tin

Acquired in an online auction by Elizabeth Fleming.

Presented by Elizabeth Fleming in July 2021.

• Cigarette tin.
• Produced by "Nestor Gianaclis, Grande Manufacture de Cigarettes Egyptiennes".
• Branded "Toutankhamon".
• Transfer(?) print decoration, with ancient Egyptian motifs including a scene of Anubis kneeling before the king.
• Probably manufactured in the 1920s.

Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

• الفرنسية

• 12 x 7 x 1 cms (approx.)

Archived scans and photographs in Griffith Institute.

Exhibited:

• 'Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive', Weston Library, Oxford, 2022.