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: H504

: Egyptology

: mummy-mask

: cartonnage (mummy trappings)

: A cartonnage mask for a mummified body. It is painted all over with Egyptian scenes and has a moulded face and breasts which are covered in gold. There are holes cut from the mask for the eyes.

On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Egypt Gallery

: Hawara, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

: grave of Horwoz

: 332-30 BC

: Ptolemaic Period

: [Citation] The Bristol Museum and Art Gallery Report of the Museum and Art Gallery Committee for the year ending 30th September, 1908. 40.