Mummy Mask

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Object Details

Collector

Joseph Hirshhorn

Donor Name

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden

Notes

WOODEN CARVED MASK. BLACK INK AND WHITE PAINT REMNANTS. PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMCG.PURCHASED BY J HIRSHHORN FROM THE DELACORTE GALLERY, NEW YORK IN 1959.

Coffin mask, wood, painted. Detail of a row of blacks dots representing upper eyelashes is typical of Roman period masks and funerary faces, ca. 30 B.C. to 337 A.D..

Record Last Modified

10 May 2024

Specimen Count

Culture

Roman Period

Accession Date

28 Aug 1992

Collection Date

1966

Accession Number

370312

USNM Number

A553065-0

Object Type

Mask

Length - Object

20 cm

Width - Object

16 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:/65665/33e37d13d-b9d4-4d8c-86b3-cd9d9c97d925

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8503881