File:Anubis Mask from Harrogate - upper right rear view - HARGM10686.jpg
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[edit]Anubis mask made from cartonnage
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Staff or representatives of Harrogate Museums and Arts service |
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Anubis mask made from cartonnage |
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Upper rear-right view 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. |
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| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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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