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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.643
Title
Feline Mask
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
mask, sculpture
Date
Date and attribution uncertain
Culture
Egyptian?
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/288530

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
11 x 11 cm (4 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Gerhardt Liebmann
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
1991.643
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Interior hollow. Upper right side of head broken away. The tip of the left ear is missing. Huge oval eyes with punctate pupils framed by sweeping curved eyelids that merge into nose. Punctate nostrils, open mouth with interior punctate oval hole, pointed chin.

Verification Level

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