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Lot Essay
For an outer coffin of similar date with an inscription in one column down the center of the body see pp. 60-61 in J.H. Taylor and N.C. Strudwick, Mummies: Death and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt.
This coffin was on display in J. Sam Houston's traveling museum of curiosities in the early 20th century. Over the years, it was lovingly bestowed the moniker "George." Adonna Houston writes in a letter to the new owner, Lynne Bell, "I'm glad, happy, delighted, overwhelmed with the fact you rescued Mummy Houston George...its memories and laughs to which you added a 1994 version of his last (I hope) ride. I still think it would have been great if a highway cop had asked what was in the van and you telling you had a Mummy, etc, I want to hear the whole enchilada sometime." Through some anecdotes and stories in this letter, Adonna reveals, "I've had to fight Sambo for Mummy Geo., he thought he was too cumbersome. One time on the train living car we had two workers who would limp into car and come out dancing. I followed and found they had their stash, needles and all, hidden in Geo. - so he ran dope...I once said I would put my ashes in Mummy Houston and have a real tomb, Louisiana style, but I like Geo too much to put him in the ground after all this on the other side of the lawn. No foolin', the idea you must admit is a great one."
This coffin was on display in J. Sam Houston's traveling museum of curiosities in the early 20th century. Over the years, it was lovingly bestowed the moniker "George." Adonna Houston writes in a letter to the new owner, Lynne Bell, "I'm glad, happy, delighted, overwhelmed with the fact you rescued Mummy Houston George...its memories and laughs to which you added a 1994 version of his last (I hope) ride. I still think it would have been great if a highway cop had asked what was in the van and you telling you had a Mummy, etc, I want to hear the whole enchilada sometime." Through some anecdotes and stories in this letter, Adonna reveals, "I've had to fight Sambo for Mummy Geo., he thought he was too cumbersome. One time on the train living car we had two workers who would limp into car and come out dancing. I followed and found they had their stash, needles and all, hidden in Geo. - so he ran dope...I once said I would put my ashes in Mummy Houston and have a real tomb, Louisiana style, but I like Geo too much to put him in the ground after all this on the other side of the lawn. No foolin', the idea you must admit is a great one."