mummy-mask
- Museum number
- EA30723
- Description
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Painted and gilded plaster mummy-mask of young man wearing myrtle-wreath; inlaid calcite eyes; medallion on right shoulder.
- Production date
- 2ndC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 24.10 centimetres
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Weight: 2.298 kilograms (inc. mount/base)
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Width: 19 centimetres
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Depth: 25.50 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Walker and Bierbrier, Ancient faces, p. 144-145
D. Antoine and M. Vandenbeusch, Egyptian mummies. Exploring ancient lives, Sydney 2016, p. 178.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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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
- Acquisition date
- 1899
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA30723
- Registration number
- 1899,0708.1
