Funerary Mask of a Woman

Unknown

ca. 1427 B.C.–1390 B.C. · Cartonnage, gesso, paint, gold, copper alloy, faience · Egyptian Art

The full, elaborate wig with its ornamental fillet, the necklace of ball beads and pendant nefer signs, and the woman's facial features are similar to the sculpture and painting style of middle of Dynasty 18. The owner was probably the wife of an overseer of builders named Amenhotep, whose mask (30.8.69) is displayed in the same gallery.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1427 B.C.–1390 B.C.

Medium

Cartonnage, gesso, paint, gold, copper alloy, faience

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915