%0 Thesis %A Rindi Nuzzolo, Carlo %D 2019 %T The Cartonnage from Kellis (Ismant al-Kharab, Dakhleh Oasis): a study in Regionalism and Craftsmanship %U https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/The_Cartonnage_from_Kellis_Ismant_al-Kharab_Dakhleh_Oasis_a_study_in_Regionalism_and_Craftsmanship/7956251 %R 10.26180/5ca6c9fd1dc0f %K Dakhleh Oasis Project %K Dakhleh Oasis %K Western Desert %K cartonnage %K mummy masks %K excavations %K Archaeological context %K Archaeological research %K Graeco/Roman Egypt %K Egyptology %K funerary rituals %K mummy mask %K footcase %K Ismant al-Kharab %K Ismant el-Kharab %K Kellis %K Kellis 1 cemetery %K Art market %K Arab Spring %K craftsmen %K craftsmanship %K Dakla Oasis %K Greco-Roman %K Ptolemaic period %K Roman period %K Antiquities market %K private collections %K Cultural Heritage Protection %K Cultural Heritage Preservation %K cultural assets %K Kharga Oasis %K regional style %K local variations %K regional variation %K cultural heritage sites %K Ancient Egypt %K burial assemblage %K funerary furniture %K looting %K Egyptian Archaeology %K artisans %K 3D modelling %K photogrammetry %K Digital Humanities %K museums and galleries %K 3D Reconstruction %K Museum collection %K Dakhla Oasis %K Graeco-Roman Period %K golden mummies %K funerary practices %K Archaeological remains %K illegal trade %K Egyptian cults %K illicit trafficking %K Egyptian Mummification %K History %K Archaeology %K Heritage and Cultural Conservation %K History and Philosophy of the Humanities %K History and Archaeology not elsewhere classified %K Historical Studies not elsewhere classified %K Historical Archaeology (incl. Industrial Archaeology) %K Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant %K Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas %K Archaeology not elsewhere classified %X This research project investigates the Graeco-Roman cartonnage manufacture at Ismant al-Kharab, ancient Kellis in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, and identifies local traits and features in the decoration, as an expression of the regional tradition. It further compares the material (i.e. mummy masks, foot-cases, and full body covers) with that from neighbouring areas of the Western Desert. The adoption of innovative elements in the research enabled me to identify and isolate techniques and motifs that characterise different artisan productions at Kellis. The survey and the comparison of archaeological data with the antiquities market raised issues of cultural heritage preservation and protection by establishing that a number of tombs at Kellis were looted in recent times. %I Monash University