Mummy Mask

1973.2.455

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Mummy mask with gilded face. CONDITION NOTE (1998): Extensive surface loss, lots of loose fragments, decoration is peeling off, label adhered, surface dirt. Wellcome Historical Medical Museum accession no. 243703. Purchased at Sotheby's, London, 22 October 1934 (Mansoor Abd Essayid collection) Lot 145/31 "Two Masks; four Collars; a Winged Nut; a winged Scarabaeus; eight Figures of funerary Deities; eight Fragments of Bands; and five Sandals, in cartonnage painted and gilt".