Mummy mask

This mummy mask is made of cartonnage, a mixture of linen and papyrus, stiffened with plaster. The painted mask is gilded. The eyebrows are made of blue glass. There are the remains of plant material from a garland on the top. This is probably the plant persea(Mimusops Laurifolia).

 

The mask is thought to have been found somewhere within the large burial grounds of Thebes or Akhmim. These were both used extensively in the Graeco-Roman period. The colour of the paint which includes pink is a clue to the mask 's date.

 

100 BC-50 AD

Egypt. Unknown provenance.