Mummy (pigment)

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      1. <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">mummy (pigment)</skos:prefLabel>

      2. <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="nl">roodbruine verf</skos:prefLabel>

      3. <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="fr">momie</skos:prefLabel>

      4. <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="de">Mumienbraun</skos:prefLabel>

      5. <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="es">pardo egipcio</skos:prefLabel>

      6. <skos:altLabel xml:lang="en">mummy brown (pigment)</skos:altLabel>

      7. <skos:altLabel xml:lang="en">Egyptian brown (pigment)</skos:altLabel>

      8. <skos:altLabel xml:lang="en">mumie</skos:altLabel>

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      10. <skos:note xml:lang="en">A bituminous pigment that is dark brown in color and was prepared during the16th-17th centuries by grinding Egyptian mummies that had been embalmed with asphaltum or bitumen. The ground mummy residue was believed to produce a pigment that was more durable than fresh asphaltum. In the 19th century, mummy brown was used as a transparent brown pigment for oil painting and for oil glazes. Some substitutes, such as Vandyke brown and bituminous earth pigments, were also sold under the name of "mummy."</skos:note>

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