Mummy Mask

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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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