File:Anubis Mask from Harrogate - upper left profile - HARGM10686.jpg

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Anubis mask made from cartonnage   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Staff or representatives of Harrogate Museums and Arts service
Title
Anubis mask made from cartonnage
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High-angle left profile of cartonnage mask depicting the jackal headed god, Anubis. Painted surface, with blue/black and white lines decorating the head-dress. Raised vertical ears, and long nose.Used by priests during mummification rituals. Fragmentary, but all pieces present. The only cartonnage Anubis Mask in existence and one of only two Anubis masks existant - the other a ceramic mask is in Hildesheim, Germany. Mask likely to be worn by a male priest playing the part of Anubis in a temple during mummification or burial ritual. Probably buried with the priest who had worn it in life.
Date 8-4 BC
Medium Mixed materials; cartonnage, coarse linen, mud plaster mixed with straw
Dimensions height: 24 cm (9.4 in); width: 36 cm (14.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,24U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,36U174728
institution QS:P195,Q7374742
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Egyptology
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Place of creation Thebes, Egypt
Object history Probably excavated in Thebes
Credit line Courtesy of Harrogate Museums and Arts
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This file was donated by Harrogate Museums and Arts service as part of the Yorkshire Network GLAMwiki. The service operates Royal Pump Room, the Mercer Art Gallery and Knaresbrough Castle. You can find out more about their GLAMwiki work on their directory page: Harrogate Museums

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