mummy-mask
- Museum number
- EA26799
- Description
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Painted plaster portrait-head of woman with hairstyle of roll(gilded) across forehead and ringlets behind ears; inlaid glass eyes; gilded necklace(?); base of neck broken.
- Production date
- 90-100 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 34 centimetres (on mount)
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Weight: 4.20 kilograms (on mount)
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Width: 31 centimetres (on mount)
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Depth: 32 centimetres (on mount)
- Curator's comments
- Published:
S. Walker and M. Bierbrier, Fayum. Misteriosi volti dall'Egitto, London 1997, p. 162 [120].
Walker and Bierbrier, Ancient faces, p. 134
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1997 22 Oct-1998 30 Apr, Italy, Rome, Fondaione Memmo, Ancient Faces
2012 26th May - 2nd September, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath Presence: The Art of the Sculpted Portrait.
2016-2017 10 Oct-30 Apr, Sydney, Powerhouse Museum, Ancient Lives
2017 16 Jun-18 Oct, Hong Kong Science Museum, Ancient Lives
2017-2018 14 Nov-20 Feb, Taiwan, National Palace Museum, Ancient Lives
2018 16 Mar-22 Jul, Brisbane, Queensland Museum of Art, Ancient Lives
2019-2020 14 Sept- 28 Jun, Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, Ancient Lives EXTENDED DUE TO COVID19
2020-2021, 19 Sept - 21 Mar, Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, Ancient Lives
- Condition
- fair - broken at base of neck
- Acquisition date
- 1896
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA26799
- Registration number
- 1896,0318.1
