AN EGYPTIAN WOOD MUMMY MASK
AN EGYPTIAN WOOD MUMMY MASK

THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXII, 1070-712 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN WOOD MUMMY MASK
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXII, 1070-712 B.C.
From an anthropoid sarcophagus, painted in bright pigment over gesso, red for the skin tones, black for the eye outlines, pupils, brows and cosmetic lines, white for the sclerae, the face carved with fleshy lips and a prominent chin, dowels at the back for attachment
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Professor Richard Tackholm (1865-1937), Sweden.

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