Object Details
- Collector
- Joseph Hirshhorn
- Donor Name
- Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
- PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG.PURCHASED BY J HIRSHHORN FROM THE DELACORTE GALLERY, NEW YORK, IN 1959. WOODEN MASK BLUE PINK WHITE PAINT, EYES AND EYEBROWS BLACK INK, APPEARS THAT OF A WOMAN.
- Coffin mask, wood, painted. Roman period in style. Paint largely intact. Pink tinted face is typical of Roman period masks and coffins. Ca. 2nd century 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
- A553071-0
- Object Type
- Mask
- Length - Object
- 25 cm
- Width - Object
- 18 cm
- Place
- Not Given, Egypt (not certain), Africa (not certain)
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Archaeology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8503887
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a8622561-d5ba-4530-8add-23d527b2c68e
