ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art
Mummy Mask
Possible OriginAbusir el-Meleq, Egypt, Africa
Possible OriginFaiyum, Egypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
Periodlate Ptolemaic Period
Date200-30 BCE
MediumCartonnage, paint
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions13 3/8 x 7 7/8 x 2 3/8 in., 190 g (34 x 20 x 6 cm, 6 11/16 oz.)
Object number2018.010.673
Exhibition HistoryMichael C. Carlos Museum, Veneralia 2019 Senuseret Collection Preview, May 18, 2019Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, February 18, 2024 - Present
Published ReferencesMelinda K. Hartwig, ed., Life and The Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), catalogue entry 73.
ProvenanceSaid to be ex coll. Princess Maddevi Yukanthor-Norodom. Purchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Roger Fernand Galliano, Paris, France, April 5, 1974. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.
Status
On viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
664-525 BCE
282-246 BCE
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
ca. 98 - 120 CE
ca. 2nd Century CE
1190-1077 BCE
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
167-30 BCE
943-746 BCE
664-525 BCE
722-655 BCE
664-525 BCE
