mummy mask

mummy mask

An item at Louvre

Funerary breastplate mask depicting a child's head with a slight smile. Its face is painted white, its eyes, eyebrows, and hair are black. The hair is in strands with incisions and appears to be attached with a decorative polychrome headband (winged disc motif).

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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The collections of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities present the civilization that evolved on the banks of the Nile, from the end of Prehistory (around 4,000 BCE) to the Christian era (from the 4th century CE).