Golden Egyptian funerary mask

4th - 1st Centuries BC

National Museum of Archaeology
Lisboa, Portugal

An egyptian funerary mask, created using a technique with gold pigment dating at least from the middle kingdom. In ancient Egypt, gold was considered and incorruptible medium and therefore used as the "flesh of gods" in the funerary masks of kings and those of high-status.

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Title: Golden Egyptian funerary mask
Date Created: 4th - 1st Centuries BC
Location: National Museum of Archaeology
Provenance: Egipt
Rights: Thales Leite ADF/DGPC
Medium: Cartonnage, plaster, paint, plant fibers
Art Movement: Egyptian

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