Mummy mask: E.497c.1954

Current Location: In storage

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Mummy mask

Categories

Mummy trappings

Description

Mask for face, gilding

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.06 m
Thickness: 0.001 m
Width: 0.049 m

Relative size of this object

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1954) by Greg, Robert, Sir

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.497c.1954
Primary reference Number: 62576
Oldadmincategory: Misc
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 24 March 2016

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Mummy mask" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/62576 Accessed: 2023-06-02 02:02:58

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            {{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/62576
            |title=Mummy mask
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-06-02 02:02:58|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

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