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Funerary mask of a woman
Funerary mask of a woman

Funerary mask of a woman

mid-1st century A.D.
Medium/TechniquePlaster
DimensionsHeight x width: 24.5 x 17 cm (9 5/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston—Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Exchange
Accession number54.638
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceBy 1900: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (purchased in Middle Egypt); 1952: lent to the MFA by the Metropolitan Museum of Art; 1954: received by the MFA through exchange with the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Mummy mask
A.D. 98–117
Face from a mummy mask
1550–1295 B.C.
Plaster mask of Nimaatra
2350–2194 B.C.
Plaster body covering
2465–2150 B.C.
Funerary mask
about 1st–2nd century A.D.
Mummy mask
probably 1st century AD
Mask of an old woman
about 2nd century A.D., A.D. 100–199