lunes, 28 de marzo de 2016

Mummy head and bead mask

Mummy head and bead mask
The head of a mummy, wearing a faience bead mask in red, black, green and yellow, which is patterned to resemble human features. At the sides of the head are the remains of a network of long faience beads which covered the neck.
Present location LIVERPOOL MUSEUM [03/061] LIVERPOOL
Inventory number 17.6.20.60
Dating 26TH DYNASTY
Archaeological Site UNSPECIFIED
Category ELEMENT OF HUMAN MUMMY
Material FAIENCE; HAIR; LINEN; ORGANIC
Technique FAYENCE; WOVEN
Height 28.5 cm
Bibliography•Piotr Bienkowski and Angela Tooley., Gifts of The Nile: Ancient Egyptian Arts and Crafts in Liverpool Museum., 1995., 68; pl.103.
•P.H.K. Gray and Dorothy Slow; 'Egyptian Mummies in the City of Liverpool Museums.' 1968.
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