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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
Coffin Face
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Coffin Face

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodThird Intermediate Period
Dateca. 900 BCE
MediumWood, paint
Credit LineCharlotte Lichirie Collection of Egyptian Art
Dimensions6 5/16 x 6 5/16 x 4 15/16 in. (16 x 16 x 12.5 cm)
Object number1999.001.145
Label TextMany coffins of the Third Intermediate Period were made out of soft local woods with a finely carved face of hard wood inserted into the lid.
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, February 2000 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 6, 2001 - June 2008
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, June 6, 2013 - Present
Published ReferencesPeter Lacovara and Betsy Teasley Trope, The Realm of Osiris (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2001), 52.

ProvenanceEx coll. Niagara Falls Museum, Niagara Falls, Canada. Purchased by MCCM from William Jamieson (1954-2011) [Golden Chariot Productions], Toronto, Canada.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art