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Title: Mummy portrait [Go to resource]
Description: Portrait of a woman, painted in encaustic (hot wax) on a thin wooden panel. The woman wears a reddish-purple tunic, a necklace of round beads (possibly pearls), and gold hoop ear-rings with bead or pearls threaded on them. Top right corner and top left edge of panel have been damaged, and whole panel is mounted on modern canvas backing. Material: Wood Source: Manchester Museum Identifier: mm.emu.ecatalogue.humanities.106706 Go to resource More Like this...
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