Mask
Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium
Wood, linen, gesso, paint
Geography
Undetermined site, Egypt
Date
c. 332-30 BC
Period
Ptolemaic Period
Dimensions
36 x 23 x 10 cm
Object number
971.165.39
Cataloguer
Gayle Gibson
ROM Staff, 1990-2015; ROM Volunteer 2015-Present
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Ancient Egypt & Nubia
Description
Face from a coffin of the Ptolemaic Period. The face and beard were carved from a single piece of wood which was covered with a single layer of coase line, coated with gesso, and then painted. The piece has suffered consideratble insect damage.
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