Cartonnage Burial Mask

1991.17.0001

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Artifact Identification Cartonnage Burial Mask   (1991.17.0001)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Ceremonial Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Funerary Objects
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Late Ptolemaic
Date 1st century BCE
Culture Egyptian
Location On Exhibitin the Egypt exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 40.6 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 27.5 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 22.0 cm
Weight 827 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Textile--Linen, Plant--Flax, Plant--Fiber, Plant--Wood, Plaster, Pigment--Paint
Manufacturing Processes Weaving, Gilding, Painting, Carved

Research Remarks

Description Under Review
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

"Textiles loom large among array of new gifts," Heritage (March 1992): 6.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Harlan J. and Pamela Berk
Reproduction No

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