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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Egyptian
Title:Fragment of a coffin
Date Made:945-656 BCE (Dynasties 21-25)
Type:Fragment
Materials:Painted cartonnage (plaster, linen, glue). Yellow-beige, gold, black and blue-green paint over plaster on 8 thicknesses of linen.
Place Made:Africa; Asia; Egypt
Measurements:overall: 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 x 3/4 in.; 6.6675 x 6.6675 x 1.905 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1943.6.A.E
Credit Line:Purchase with the Nancy Everett Dwight Fund, from the Caroline M. Galt Collection
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Fragment possibly showing a figure's shoulder, with an armband and part of a necklace and with blue-green lappets of a god's long wig.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; deities; deities; deaths; tombs

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