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Mummy Mask

National Museum of Natural History

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Object Details

Collector
Joseph Hirshhorn
Donor Name
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
WOODEN MASK, APPEARS A PORTRAIT OF WOMAN WITH LARGE ELABORATE HEADDRESS WITH LARGE INVERTED SCARAB, BLACK, FACE IS LIGHT YELLOW-GREEN WITH SMALL BLACK MOUTH AND EYEBROWS, HEADDRESS COLORS: RED BLACK BLUE WHITE YELLOW. PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. PURCHASED BY J HIRSHHORN BY THE DELACORTE GALLERY, NEW YORK, IN 1959.
Fragment of coffin or board with face, part of headdress. Female coffin, probably. Gessoed surface intact and painted. Scarab beetle above forehead on painted feathered headdress. Ca. 2nd century.
From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Woman's mummy board fragment 200 BC-100 AD (probable).
Record Last Modified
12 Jul 2017
Specimen Count
1
Culture
Late Ptolemaic/Roman
Accession Date
28 Aug 1992
Collection Date
1966
Accession Number
370312
USNM Number
A553069-0
Object Type
Mask
Length - Object
33 cm
Width - Object
21 cm
Place
Not Given, Egypt (not certain), Africa (not certain)
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Anthropology
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Archaeology
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8503885
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b43d8087-c69b-436b-93a1-a142684524a6

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