Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Miniature Mask for a Canopic bundle
Description
Cartonnage, paint
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 ancient Egyptian funerary mask with distinct blue and yellow stripes.
The artifact is a vibrant Egyptian funerary mask featuring a stylized face painted with detailed features. The mask is adorned with horizontal blue and yellow stripes that cover the headdress and run parallel down the shoulders. Below the face, there is a depiction of a falcon, a notable symbol often seen in Egyptian art. The overall craftsmanship and use of colors suggest a funerary context, possibly from a sarcophagus.
funerary
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
woodpaint
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116274951 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.8.231 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548587 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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