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New Kingdom
Small masks like this one were sometimes placed over the mummified canopic bundles containing the four internal organs that were removed during mummification.
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Title: Miniature Mask for a Canopic bundle
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep II
Date: ca. 1427–1400 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb KV 51 ( "The Animal Tomb"), Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1906
Medium: Cartonnage, paint
Dimensions: h. 15 cm (5 7/8 in); w. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in)
Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Accession Number: 30.8.231
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