Mummy Mask

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

Collector
Joseph Hirshhorn
Donor Name
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
WOODEN CARVED MASK. BLACK INK AND WHITE PAINT REMNANTS. PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMCG.PURCHASED BY J HIRSHHORN FROM THE DELACORTE GALLERY, NEW YORK IN 1959.
Coffin mask, wood, painted. Detail of a row of blacks dots representing upper eyelashes is typical of Roman period masks and funerary faces, ca. 30 B.C. to 337 A.D..
Record Last Modified
10 May 2024
Specimen Count
1
Culture
Roman Period
Accession Date
28 Aug 1992
Collection Date
1966
Accession Number
370312
USNM Number
A553065-0
Object Type
Mask
Length - Object
20 cm
Width - Object
16 cm
Place
Not Given, Egypt (not certain), Africa (not certain)
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Anthropology
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Archaeology
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8503881
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33e37d13d-b9d4-4d8c-86b3-cd9d9c97d925
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