Mummy Cartonage (Mask) (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

305–30 BC
Egyptian
painted gesso over wood
Place Made,Egypt
Overall: 51 × 26 1/2 × 10 in. (129.54 × 67.31 × 25.4 cm)
69.72
Preserving a likeness of the deceased was important in the Egyptian funerary cult. Masks like this one protected the head and were acceptable substitutes if the mummy was damaged.
Ptolemaic Period (332-30 B.C.)
Gift of Mr. Paul E. Manheim
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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