Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Funerary mask of Hatnefer
Description
Cartonnage, gold, travertine (Egyptian alabaster), obsidian, ebony
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 gold-colored funerary mask depicting an Egyptian face.
The artifact is a well-preserved funerary mask depicting a stylized Egyptian face with large eyes and a serene expression. It is crafted with a gold-colored surface, and the hair is depicted in a heavy, rounded style typical of Egyptian funerary art. The mask is likely made to fit over a mummy, suggesting its use in burial practices.
funerary
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
gold
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245153 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 36.3.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545147 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.