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Mummy mask of a woman

1991–1783 B.C.
FindspotSheikh Farag, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueCartonnage with ceramic core
DimensionsHeight x width: 11.5 x 9.4 cm (4 1/2 x 3 11/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number23.1475
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceFrom Sheikh Farag, tomb 5202. 1912-1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1923: assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
Mummy mask
late 1st century B.C. to early 1st century A.D.
Mummy mask
50 B.C.–50 A.D.
Head end from an anthropoid coffin
1991–1783 B.C., or later
Mummy foot case
A.D. 100–199
Mummy mask
2140–1926 B.C.
Mummy trappings
305–30 B.C.
Mummy trappings
305–30 B.C.
Mummy panel (apron)
305–30 B.C.