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Gilded Mummy Mask

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Linen or papyrus mixed with plaster, pigment, gold leaf
  • Possible Place Collected: Akhmim, Egypt
  • DATES 101-200 C.E.
    PERIOD Roman Period (probably)
    DIMENSIONS 6 1/2 x 4 5/16 in. (16.5 x 11 cm)  (show scale)
    ACCESSION NUMBER 08.480.3
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Small gilded mummy mask probably of a man (?) Eyes and eyebrows painted in black. Lips and ears molded. Fragmentary decorated band above forehead. Mask moulded on mud on straw base over fabric (?). Condition: Only the face preserved. Badly cracked and chipped. One ear missing.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Gilded Mummy Mask, 101-200 C.E. Linen or papyrus mixed with plaster, pigment, gold leaf, 6 1/2 x 4 5/16 in. (16.5 x 11 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.3_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.08.480.3_NegA_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013
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