Mummy of Tasheriteniset with mummy mask and other cartonnage elements, also with garland of plants

Ptolemaic Period

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 133

This mummy contains the body of a woman called Tasheriteniset. Her mummy mask depicts earrings and a headband with a golden wedjat eye amulet. A long, vegetal collar was placed on her chest and she has a painted foot covering made out of linen mixed with plaster (called cartonnage).

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Mummy of Tasheriteniset with mummy mask and other cartonnage elements, also with garland of plants, Human Remains, linen, mummification material, painted and gilded cartonnage, plant remains

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Mummy of Tasheriteniset with mummy mask and other cartonnage elements, also with garland of plants, Human Remains, linen, mummification material, painted and gilded cartonnage, plant remains
Mummy of Tasheriteniset with mummy mask and other cartonnage elements, also with garland of plants, Human Remains, linen, mummification material, painted and gilded cartonnage, plant remains
Mummy of Tasheriteniset with mummy mask and other cartonnage elements, also with garland of plants, Human Remains, linen, mummification material, painted and gilded cartonnage, plant remains
Mummy of Tasheriteniset with mummy mask and other cartonnage elements, also with garland of plants, Human Remains, linen, mummification material, painted and gilded cartonnage, plant remains
Mummy of Tasheriteniset with mummy mask and other cartonnage elements, also with garland of plants, Human Remains, linen, mummification material, painted and gilded cartonnage, plant remains
Mummy of Tasheriteniset with mummy mask and other cartonnage elements, also with garland of plants, Human Remains, linen, mummification material, painted and gilded cartonnage, plant remains
Mummy of Tasheriteniset with mummy mask and other cartonnage elements, also with garland of plants, Human Remains, linen, mummification material, painted and gilded cartonnage, plant remains
Mummy of Tasheriteniset with mummy mask and other cartonnage elements, also with garland of plants, Human Remains, linen, mummification material, painted and gilded cartonnage, plant remains
Mummy of Tasheriteniset with mummy mask and other cartonnage elements, also with garland of plants, Human Remains, linen, mummification material, painted and gilded cartonnage, plant remains
Mummy of Tasheriteniset with mummy mask and other cartonnage elements, also with garland of plants, Human Remains, linen, mummification material, painted and gilded cartonnage, plant remains
Mummy of Tasheriteniset with mummy mask and other cartonnage elements, also with garland of plants, Human Remains, linen, mummification material, painted and gilded cartonnage, plant remains
Mummy of Tasheriteniset with mummy mask and other cartonnage elements, also with garland of plants, Human Remains, linen, mummification material, painted and gilded cartonnage, plant remains
Mummy of Tasheriteniset with mummy mask and other cartonnage elements, also with garland of plants, Human Remains, linen, mummification material, painted and gilded cartonnage, plant remains
Mummy of Tasheriteniset with mummy mask and other cartonnage elements, also with garland of plants, Human Remains, linen, mummification material, painted and gilded cartonnage, plant remains
Mummy of Tasheriteniset with mummy mask and other cartonnage elements, also with garland of plants, Human Remains, linen, mummification material, painted and gilded cartonnage, plant remains
Mummy of Tasheriteniset with mummy mask and other cartonnage elements, also with garland of plants, Human Remains, linen, mummification material, painted and gilded cartonnage, plant remains

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