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Mummy mask: E.497c.1954

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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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

4.9 cm6 cm1 mm What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

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 Last processed: Sunday 21 March 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

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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