Funerary Mask of Wah

Classification

mummy mask, funerary mask

Culture

Egyptian (culture)

Dimensions

68 x 33.2 x 33.4 cm

Date

Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, early reign Amenemhat I (ca. 1981–1975 B.C.)

Period

reign of Amenemhat I (1985–1956)

Material

wood ; gilded cartonnage

Iconography

bust, male ; wig ; false beard ; usekh collar

Production place

Egypt

Findspot

Assasif, Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102)

Present location

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Egyptian Art

Inventory

40.3.54

ID

Per-5391

Year of discovery

1920

See the object on the website of the Metropolitan Museum.

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