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Richard Philp Gallery

Egyptian
Funerary Mask
c. 1000 B.C.
Wood with original polychrome
Height: 30 cm

Masks were a very important aspect of Ancient Egyptian burials. In common with the anthropoid coffin they provided the dead with a face in the afterlife. In addition they also enabled the spirit to recognize the body.

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