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Thick plaster mask [attributed to] "head gardener" Nimaatre; broken into two pieces, nose partly broken off and missing.
Illustration: Yes

Details

ID
HUMFA_36-8-7
Alternate IDs
36-8-7; HUMFA_36-8-7
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Tomb equipment-Masks
Entry Date
08/24/1936
Title
Plaster mask of Nimaatre
Medium
Plaster
Dimensions
Width: 17 cm Length: 21 cm Thickness: 3.4 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 2092a A, chamber
Bibliography
Hawass, Zahi. "A Burial with an Unusual Plaster Mask in the Western Cemetery of Khufu's Pyramid." In Renée Friedman and Barbara Adams, eds. The Followers of Horus. Studies dedicated to Michael Allen Hoffman 1944-1990. Egyptian Studies Association Publication No. 2. Oxbow Monograph 20. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 1992, p. 334 (incorrectly listed as 36-2-7). Reisner, George A. "Note on Objects Assigned to the Museum by the Egyptian Government." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 36, No. 214 (April 1938), p. 31, fig. 7. Roth, Ann Macy. A Cemetery of Palace Attendants. Giza Mastabas 6. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, pl. 65. Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), p. 65. Tacke, Nikolaus. "Die Entwicklung der Mumienmaske im Alten Reich." Mitteilungen des Deutschen Instituts für ägyptische Altertumskunde in Kairo 52 (1996), p. 321, pl. 51c.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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