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Mummy mask

A.D. 98–117
Medium/TechniqueGilded and painted plaster; eyes inlaid of stone with copper lids
DimensionsHeight: 24 cm (9 7/16 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession number03.1016a-b
On View
On view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceBy 1903, with Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928); 1903, sold by Warren to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1903)
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