Wood Mummy Mask

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Object Details

Collector

Joseph Hirshhorn

Donor Name

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden

Notes

PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. PAINTED FACE AND HEADDRESS WITH HANDS AT TORSO. MOUNTED ONTO WOOD BASE BY TWO IRON BARS (BY COLLECTOR?).

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Fragment of a mummy board. This is the mask portion, cartonnage, painted, of a mummy board, a panel inside a coffin laid on top of the wrapped mummy. Closer to an actual mask than those from coffin lids. Probably Ptolemaic period, has scarab beetle on headdress over forehead. Fingers of the hands are missing - were separate pieces of wood.

Record Last Modified

30 Jul 2020

Specimen Count

Culture

Ptolemaic (?)

Accession Date

28 Aug 1992

Accession Number

370312

USNM Number

A553162-0

Object Type

Mask

Length - Object

65 cm

Width - Object

34 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:/65665/31a0dbabe-dfbb-40de-9d5a-41372ef2c58b

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8503978