Mummy portrait (reproduction)

Museum number:
5-378
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050000378
Accession number:
Acc.6
Description:
Copy of Greek mummy portrait done in wax colors Originals discovered by Flinders Petrie are in National Gallery London. Painted in wax colors applied with brush to cestrum. Copies by Eleanor Harrison Supplee
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Faiyum region, Lower Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
London
Maker or artist:
Eleanor Harrison Suplee
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Paint (coating)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Mummies (bodies), Portraits, and Portraits (figure works)
Accession date:
October 1, 1899
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Hearst Inventory: copy
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mummy portrait (reproduction), accession number 5-378, described as Copy of Greek mummy portrait done in wax colors Originals discovered by Flinders Petrie are in National Gallery London. Painted in wax colors applied with brush to cestrum. Copies by Eleanor Harrison Supplee
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mummy portrait (reproduction), accession number 5-378, described as Copy of Greek mummy portrait done in wax colors Originals discovered by Flinders Petrie are in National Gallery London. Painted in wax colors applied with brush to cestrum. Copies by Eleanor Harrison SuppleeDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mummy portrait (reproduction), accession number 5-378, described as Copy of Greek mummy portrait done in wax colors Originals discovered by Flinders Petrie are in National Gallery London. Painted in wax colors applied with brush to cestrum. Copies by Eleanor Harrison Supplee

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