But it was even more exciting than the wrappings inside, because it was so drab, yet you knew that inside there would be that explosion of little packages, each wrapped in different colored paper.
"The technology will enable our visitors to gain a deeper understanding of the men and women inside the mummy wrappings," said Elna Nord, producer of the exhibition.
"It allows us to take a journey beneath the wrappings, beneath the skin to see what is inside," said Taylor.
Heat exchange between bundle and jacket depends on the relative contributions of convective heat transfer due to the helium flow inside the bundle and of thermal resistance due to the wrappings between the cable and the conduit.
Flavors are insipid, the wrappings thick and clumsy.
Notes are made on the sequence of the wrappings so they can be sent back exactly as they came in.
For the past two decades, the paper's publisher, Scudder Smith, a collector of folk art, has saved the wrappings of all the sandwiches he's packed for lunch.
This fall, Ms. Von Teese, 39, will peel the wrappings from a capsule fashion line, her first, conceived with Lime Door Brands, an Australian brand-development company.
Once the wrappings are in place, coat them with a thin epoxy resin or polymer.
Cut the wrappings on either side of the guide with a razor blade.
