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Painted coffin shroud

1400–1279 B.C..
Object Place for LabelEgypt
Medium/TechniquePolychromed, gessoed linen
DimensionsHeight x width: 32.4 x 26 cm (12 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Stevenson Smith Fund
Accession number1981.657
On View
On view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceBy 1981: Swiss private collection; 1981: purchased by the MFA through McAlpine Ancient Art, London, at Christie's, London auction December 10, 1981 (no. 361, cat. p. 76).
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