Mummy Mask

National Museum of Natural History

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Object Details

Collector
Joseph Hirshhorn
Donor Name
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG.PURCHASED BY J HIRSHHORN FROM THE DELACORTE GALLERY, NEW YORK, IN 1959. WOODEN MASK BLUE PINK WHITE PAINT, EYES AND EYEBROWS BLACK INK, APPEARS THAT OF A WOMAN.
Coffin mask, wood, painted. Roman period in style. Paint largely intact. Pink tinted face is typical of Roman period masks and coffins. Ca. 2nd century A.D..
Record Last Modified
12 Jul 2017
Specimen Count
1
Culture
Roman Period
Accession Date
28 Aug 1992
Collection Date
1966
Accession Number
370312
USNM Number
A553071-0
Object Type
Mask
Length - Object
25 cm
Width - Object
18 cm
Place
Not Given, Egypt (not certain), Africa (not certain)
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Anthropology
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Archaeology
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8503887
Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a8622561-d5ba-4530-8add-23d527b2c68e
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