Mummy Mask

CultureEgyptian
Titles
  • Mummy Mask
Date323–30 BC
MediumPainted and gilded cartonnage
Dimensions19 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 10 in. (49.5 × 29.8 × 25.4)
on mount: 25 × 13 1/4 × 6 1/2 inches (63.5 × 33.7 × 16.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number31.50
Non exposé

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Department
Antiquities
ProvenanceAndré Bircher (1838–1926), Cairo, by 1926 [1]; by inheritance to Mrs. F. Serveux, Cairo, 1926; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, by 1931; given to MFAH, 1931.

[1] Bircher Collection #42.
Exhibition History"The Egyptian Mummy: Unwrapping the Mystery," Houston Museum of Natural Science, Mar. 23-Aug. 27, 1989 (LN:89.14)

"Looking at Sculpture," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Sept. 15 - Dec. 29, 1991.

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