ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art
Cartonnage Mask
AAT Object Techniquepainting (image-making)
AAT Object Form/Functionmummy masks
Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodRoman Period
Date30 BCE-323 CE
MediumLinen, plaster, pigment
Credit LineCharlotte Lichirie Collection of Egyptian Art
Dimensions8 11/16 x 2 3/4 x 9 7/16 in. (22.1 x 7 x 24 cm)
Object number1999.001.144
Published ReferencesChristina Riggs, The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt: Art, Identity, and Funerary Religion (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), catalogue 139.Asja Müller, Ägyptens schöne Gesichter : die Mumienmasken der römischen Kaiserzeit und ihre Funktion im Totenritual (Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2021), 334.
ProvenanceEx coll. Niagara Falls Museum, Niagara Falls, Canada. Purchased by MCCM from William Jamieson (1954-2011) [Golden Chariot Productions], Toronto, Canada.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
3rd Century CE
167-30 BCE
943-746 BCE
1st Century BCE-mid 1st Century CE
1st - 2nd century CE
167-30 BCE
3rd Century BCE
1st Century BCE
30 BCE-323 CE
722-332 BCE
525-343 BCE
525-343 BCE
