What do you need?
birdcage sand
soft pastels
DAS clay
bandage roll
acrylic paint, gold
acrylic paint various colours
paint brushes
adhesive gems
We already made the sarcophagus and the mummie, today we make the objects that belong with it, such as the canopes. In the Old Egyptian Kingdom the canopic jars were rarely inscribed and the lids were plain. In the Middle Kingdom canopic jar inscriptions were more usual and the lids often resembled the human head.
By the 19th dynastie canopic jars were inscribed and each of the 4 lids depicted a son of Horus, the god with the falcon head (god of the sky and of kingship). They were the guardians of the stomach (Duamutef, the jackal-headed god), intestines (Qebehsenuef, the falcon-headed god) , lungs (Hapi, the baboon-headed god) and liver (Imsety, the human-headed god).
How to make canopic jars (earthenware pots in which the entrails were kept when mummification took place)
Roll a cylinder, cut off the top as a lid.
Let the clay dry thoroughly, +/- 48 hours.
Mix yellow, white and brown paint into sand colour.
Paint the canopic jars with the mixed paint.
Choose to leave the canopic jars plain or inscribed with heads.
Here we made the least ancient of canopic jars.
Paint hte sarcophagus.
Paint the sarcophagus in the same mixed colour as the canopic jars.
Paint the inside as well as the outside, let the paint dry.
Place the mummy in the sarcophagus when the paint has dried thoroughly.
How to color birdcage sand
Pour the sand on a sheet of drawing or printing paper.
Rub a soft pastel back and forth over the sand.
Keep rubbing the sand until the colour shows.
Sift the pieces of shattered shells from the sand.
How to make precious ancient Egyptian objects
Roll out a small piece of clay.
Press an Ankh shape (ancient Egyptian cross) in the clay.
Cut out the cross and press in the hole using a straw.
Model three little clay dolls, the pharaoh's servants.
Roll a snake, bend into a pharaoh's scepter.
Roll out the clay lenghtwise, then flatten.
Cut out 2 strips and bend into bracelets.
Roll out a piece of clay oblong.
Press in a dagger shape.
Cut out the dagger.
Allow the clay to dry well.
Paint all objects
Paint the objects gold on both sides.
Stick on gems to taste.
Paint the figures lifelike.
When everything has dried well you may place it in the sarcophagus. Next time we make a pyramid!