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Face from mummiform coffin
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Face from mummiform coffin

1070–660 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueWood with inlays of obsidian, alabaster and blue glass
DimensionsHeight x width: 11.5 x 13 cm (4 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.4731
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
(Accession Date: June 28, 1872)