Object Description
A very fine Ancient Egyptian beaded mummy mask composed of small faience beads of various colours. They have been restrung in their original arrangement and depict a highly stylised face, with a red square nose and rectangular eyes with white detailing framed by rectangular black eyebrows. The skin is made up of turquoise coloured beads with a horizontal band of bright blue beads. The small, slightly parted, mouth features red beads. Elongated faience beads in turquoise, frame the entire composition. This mask would have been placed over the face of the deceased at their burial, mostly for decorative or protective purposes.
Date: Circa 664-332 BC
Period: Late Dynastic Period