Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Mummy Mask of a Woman (Roman Period)
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Mummy Mask of a Woman (Roman Period)
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Image View:
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Overall view from front; the face is probably molded as a death mask
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Creator:
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unknown (Egyptian (ancient) or Roman sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Barracco (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 166/A
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GPS:
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+41.896111+12.477222
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Date:
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2nd century CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Egyptian (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Egyptian (ancient); Romano-Egyptian
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Work Type 1:
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mummy mask
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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painted stucco
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Technique:
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modeling (forming); molding (forming)
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Subjects:
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death or burial; funerary art; portrait; Egypt--Religion; mummification; mummies; death mask
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Description:
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Head of a lady, hollow mask in painted stucco, from Middle Egypt, Faiyum (Fayoum), which the Romans called Arsinoë. Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire in 30 BCE and remained under Roman (Eastern Empire) control until 641 CE. Like all mummy masks it was meant to slip over the head of the wrapped mummy and give a portrait sense of the deceased. This was probably created as an actual death mask molded out of stucco and then finished in a way that would allow it to fit on the mummy. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A2-I-R-MB-MM-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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