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Plaster coffin fragments
Mask, female. These faces formed the top section of a type of coffin that was popular in Roman Egypt. The facial features and hairstyles of the examples here seem individual. However, such masks were mass produced by pouring plaster in moulds.
Height: 21.25 cm
Length: 14.75 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)
100 - 150
Accession number: E.GA.3009.1943
Primary reference Number: 57439
Oldadmincategory: M
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Plaster coffin fragments" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/57439 Accessed: 2024-11-22 05:32:12
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