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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