cartonnage mummy mask; gold gilded face with painted eyes and eyebrows. Nose and mouth molded only, no paint. A double line, barred, separates the face and collars from the wig reinforcing the hieroglyph for 'face'. There are 6 rows of collars using white, blue and red. The top collar beneath the chin is solid red with alternating dots of yellow and green (which are larger than the yellow). The second collar is alternating triangles and inverted triangles, the triangles are solid yellow, the inverted triangles are blue with a red stripe, bordered in white- horizontal, with a white dot on the centered bottom. The third row has four rectangles, each crossed with a white line (corner to corner), dividing the rectangle into 4 triangles, alternating from red top & bottom with blue sides to blue top & bottom with red sides. The fourth collar is the same design and color as the second collar. The fifth collar has tear-drop shaped beads (5) alternating in yellow, blue, red, blue, yellow with an unpainted of white background. Between each collar is a white or unpainted border. The wig is painted solid blue, with a black boarder along the forehead. The two ears are outlined in red.
Donor:
Donald Heyneman
Collection place:
Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Egypt
Collector:
Donald Heyneman
Materials:
Gesso
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Masks (costume), Mummies (bodies), Portraits, and Portraits (figure works)
Accession date:
August 6, 1975
Context of use:
Funerary Equipment
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 26 centimeters, height 11 centimeters, and length 38 centimeters
Comment:
Ptolomaic period
Loans:
S2009-2010 #1: California State University, Bakersfield (September 14, 2009–November 16, 2009)