Mummy Mask

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

Collector
Joseph Hirshhorn
Donor Name
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
WOODEN MASK WHITE PAINT. PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG.
Fragment of wooden coffin, carved mask. Could be Ptolemaic period, or anywhere from 3rd century BC to 2nd century AD.
Record Last Modified
30 Jul 2020
Specimen Count
1
Culture
Ptolemaic (?)
Accession Date
28 Aug 1992
Accession Number
370312
USNM Number
A553186-0
Object Type
Mask
Length - Object
28 cm
Width - Object
22 cm
Place
Not Given, Egypt (not certain), Africa (not certain)
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Anthropology
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Archaeology
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8504002
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/365d64ee2-da2c-4f33-93da-f35fb77659f8
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