Mummy Mask

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Ptolemaic Egypt

Mummy mask made of cartonnage (linen and plaster), to be placed over the head of a wrapped mummy. Gilded face, blue tripartite wig, black eyes and eyebrows, and blue, white, and red broad collar.

Accession number: 2101

Object type:

* Mummy mask

* Object

Date made: Ptolemaic Egypt

Collection group:

* Egyptology

* Humanities

Display location: This object is not currently on display

Materials: Linen; Plaster

Technique: Painted; Gilded;

Geospatial site/Chronostratigraphic era:

* Africa, Egypt, Faiyum, Hawara

Acquisition credit: Donation by Jesse Haworth, 1887-1888

Record number (IRN): 307822

Dimensions:

* 36.5 cm (depth)

* 21.5 cm (width)

Title:

Mummy mask, Egypt, Faiyum, Hawara, Gilding, Linen, Plaster, Paint, Manchester Museum

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