Funerary Wreath of Flowers

Twigs of Cressa cretica L., a species of flowering plant in the morning glory family. Collected at Hawara by W. M. Flinders Petrie, 1889. Prepared and mounted for display in 1889 by Percy Newberry in a box titled 'Plant remains from the Cemetery of Hawara' and labelled no. 6 Twigs of Cressia cretica L. CONDITION NOTE 1998: Very dry and fragmenting.