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Plaster body covering
Plaster body covering

Plaster body covering

2465–2150 B.C.
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniquePlaster
DimensionsMask height: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number39.828
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceFrom Giza, tomb G 2037 B (shaft X). 1939: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1939: assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
(Accession Date: September 1, 1939)
Mummy mask
Mummy mask
A.D. 98–117
Face from a mummy mask
Face from a mummy mask
1550–1295 B.C.
Face of a mummy mask or coffin
Face of a mummy mask or coffin
1550–1295 B.C.
Beard from a coffin or mask
Beard from a coffin or mask
1070–700 B.C.
Mask
Mask
Image Not Available for Model vessel
Model vessel
2040–1783 B.C.
Plaster mask of Nimaatra
Plaster mask of Nimaatra
2350–2194 B.C.
Funerary mask
Funerary mask
about 1st–2nd century A.D.
Funerary mask of a woman
Funerary mask of a woman
mid-1st century A.D.
Mummy mask
Mummy mask
probably 1st century AD
Plaster face from a coffin or mummy case
Plaster face from a coffin or mummy case
1550–1070 B.C.
Mask of an old woman
Mask of an old woman
about 2nd century A.D., A.D. 100–199