Cartonnage Mummy Mask
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
MEDIUM
Gesso, gilding, pigment, gauze or linen
DATES
ca. 330 B.C.E.–50 C.E.
PERIOD
Ptolemaic Period to early Roman Period
DIMENSIONS
14 3/16 × 10 13/16 × 8 11/16 in. (36 × 27.5 × 22 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
2022.1.1
CREDIT LINE
Bequest of Harold and Mildred Jacobs
PROVENANCE
Archaeological provenance not yet documented; June 5, 1998, purchased at Christie's New York, NY sale 8900, lot 65, by Harold and Mildred Jacobs of New York, NY; 2022, bequest of Mildred Jacobs to the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION
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CAPTION
Cartonnage Mummy Mask, ca. 330 B.C.E.–50 C.E. Gesso, gilding, pigment, gauze or linen, 14 3/16 × 10 13/16 × 8 11/16 in. (36 × 27.5 × 22 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Harold and Mildred Jacobs, 2022.1.1 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2022.1.1_PS11.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 2022.1.1_PS11.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2022
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