Ancient Egyptian wooden face

A painted wooden face mask from a coffin. Covered in white gesso and then painted red. Eyebrows and eyeliner picked out in black. Facial details carved. Paint and gesso flaked off and worn away in places. Wooden integral tang sticking out of the top.

Ancient Egyptian wooden face

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1983.1.237
  • Material: gesso paint wood
  • Object name: wooden face
  • Dimensions: Length: 154mm , Width: 150mm , Depth: 93mm