The awesome item being viewed is of a 1:10 scale figure and sarcophagus of the Mummy from the 1932 movie starring British actor Boris Karloff.
Item comes brand new, mint in a near mint box.
The ancient priest, wrapped in millenary bandages, still rests in his sarcophagus after being buried alive 3,700 years ago.
With the lid of its anthropomorphic coffin still retaining the colours of the carved Egyptian figure, as preserved as the embalmed body it protects, the figure inside awaits the moment of its awakening.
This is a Universal Monsters cult, classic franchise of the iconic Mummy.
The statue is inspired by the horror movies that presented the first shared universe of characters immortalized in different film productions released between the 1930s and 1950s, and which were responsible for defining the image and visual identity of supernatural beings, present to this day in world pop culture.
In the first film, "The Mummy" released in 1932, a team of archaeologists travels on an expedition to Cairo in the early 1920s and finds the tomb of Imhotep, an ancient Egyptian priest who was executed and cursed.
When one of the expedition members finds and reads some manuscripts that invoke the power to raise the dead, the monstrous mummified being comes back to life.
Years later, after restoring his human form, Imhotep, as Ardeth Bay, an anagram of "Death by Ra", (the Egyptian sun god) tries to find his former beloved princess - Anck-Su-Namun, whom he believes is reincarnated as the beautiful young Helen Grosvenor.
Portrayed by acclaimed British actor Boris Karloff, he is considered one of the greatest exponents of horror movies.
The mysterious and sinister atmosphere of The Mummy has made this cursed undead creature one of Universal Pictures’ most popular classic horror movie monsters to date.
