Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Funerary Mask of Estate Manager Wah
Description
Cartonnage, wood, paint, gold foil
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A painted wooden coffin lid depicting a human face with a striped headdress.
This artifact is a wooden coffin lid featuring a stylized representation of a human face. The face is adorned with a tripartite wig painted with blue and black stripes. The composition includes a broad collar painted in vibrant colors, creating a visually striking effect. The style reflects characteristics commonly attributed to funerary art, with an emphasis on decorative patterns and vivid coloration.
funerary
New Kingdom
good
Materials
woodpaint
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245383 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 40.3.54 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545116 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.