Unlucky Mummy (painted wooden mummy-board)

Object identity and museum provenance: The object commonly called the "Unlucky Mummy" is catalogued in secondary sources as a painted wooden mummy-board representing an unidentified woman; the British Museum acquired the piece in 1889. The identity of the original owner and further pre-1889 provenance are not provided in the supplied materials. Folkloric reception and curse narratives: In modern popular press and anthologies of mystery (for example the item titled "The Curse Of Amen-Ra" in Readers Digest/Archive.org collections), the object has been repeatedly framed as cursed and given the popular name "Unlucky Mummy." These narratives frequently invoke Egyptian religious names (Amen-Ra/Amun-Ra) and the general trope of funerary curses; however, the supplied sources do not include any ancient textual or archaeological evidence linking this particular mummy-board to a historical curse, nor do they provide primary-source documentation of specific paranormal events tied to the museum object. Popular claims and uncertainty: Several contemporary web articles and compilations retell sensational accounts about the object's alleged malign influence, and at least one modern article explicitly mentions a popular-press linkage of the object to the RMS Titanic sinking. The provided materials, however, do not contain primary evidence, eyewitness testimony, or museum records corroborating particular incidents, deaths, illnesses, or manifest paranormal occurrences directly caused by this mummy-board. As such, the curse narratives are recorded here as part of the object's folkloric reception rather than as verified historical fact. Museum practice and neutralization: The supplied sources do not document any cleansing, exorcism, containment, or official handling precautions performed by the British Museum or other institutions with respect to this object. The current on-display status (exhibited vs. in storage) is not specified in the provided materials.