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Mummy Mask

Culture: Egyptian
Period: Roman Period
Date: late 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.
Medium: Painted plaster on linen (cartonnage) with gold leaf
Credit Line: Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection
Object number: 86.138.97
Provenance: by purchase, the Stark family, Orange, Texas, between 1927 and 1929; by bequest, the Nelda C. and H. J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1965; by purchase, the San Antonio Museum of Art with funding from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willson, 1986
Label Text
Mummy masks produced in Roman times frequently display a new palette that utilized colors not commonly found in earlier Egyptian art, including pink and light green. This example shows the deceased owner worshipping the god Osiris in panels to either side of the gilded face. (Gallery Label, 8/2002).
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