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Description: | Mummy mask made of cartonnage (linen and plaster), to be placed over the head of a wrapped mummy. The lower half of the mask has broken away into several large pieces, which are kept with the mask but have not been re-attached.
Yellow painted face, blue tripartite wig, black eyes and eyebrows. Yellow lotus flower over forehead, suggesting that the mask was made for a woman.
Technique: Painted, Material: Linen, Paint
Material: Plaster | Source: | Manchester Museum | Identifier: | mm.emu.ecatalogue.humanities.100334 | Go to resource |
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