Mummy Mask

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Object Details

Collector

Joseph Hirshhorn

Donor Name

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden

Notes

PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. LARGE MASK, PAINTED FACE, HEADDRESS, UPPER TORSO.

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Large painted wooden head from wooden coffin lid. Headdress complete, face has beard. Probably 25th or 26th Dynasty, but archaicized in style. Mask emulates Mid. Kingdom types. Eyeliner and eyebrows seem inlaid - glass? bronze? Uncertain.

From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Man's coffin mask, 760-525 BC (probable).

Record Last Modified

12 Jul 2017

Specimen Count

Culture

Egyptian, Late Period

Accession Date

28 Aug 1992

Collection Date

1966

Accession Number

370312

USNM Number

A553189-0

Object Type

Mask

Length - Object

66 cm

Width - Object

40 cm

Place

Not Given, Egypt (not certain), Africa (not certain)

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Data Source

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Archaeology

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cbfb078d-fb61-4647-9b8a-36093043d008

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8504005