About the Artwork
Mummy
between 30 BCE and 395 CE
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Egyptian
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Human remains, linen, gold, and brass. linen wrappings with gold mask.
Overall (by sight): 13 × 69 × 14 inches (33 × 175.3 × 35.6 cm)
Funerary Art
African Art
Gift of H. Kirke White
01.4
Public Domain
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Wittenburg, Henri E. “Mummy face repaired, exhibit returns to art institute.” Detroit News, June 29, 1972, p. 7-C.
Bisulca, Christina, Ellen Hanspach-Bernal, Aaron Steele, and Caroline Roberts. "Deconstructing an Ancient Egyptian Mummy Portrait," Bulletin of the DIA 95, no. 1 (2021): p. 9 (ill. fig. 2a).
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Egyptian, Mummy, between 30 BCE and 395 CE, Human remains, linen, gold, and brass. Linen wrappings with gold mask.. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of H. Kirke White, 01.4.
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