Archaeological Museum of Bologna

This large mask was destined to a mummy, which had to protect the head, in addition to reproduce the ideal features of the deceased face.

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The elements that make it up are the essential ones: a wig divided into three bands, to facilitate the joint on his shoulders, and a usekh breastplate, made up of many rows of overlapping pendants, that frame the face.

Provenance: Provenance Unknown, Palagi Collection
Datation: 30th dynasty, Ptolemaic Period (380 - 31 BC)
Material: cartonnage, linen and plaster
Dimensions: h cm 34
Inventory #: EG 1997