<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><pres:item xmlns:pres="http://kulturarvsdata.se/presentation#"><pres:version>1.3.0</pres:version><pres:buildDate>2026-08-30</pres:buildDate><pres:itemLabel>face, coffin fragment, mummy mask, mumiemask, ansikte, kistfragment</pres:itemLabel><pres:dataQuality>Rådata</pres:dataQuality><pres:id>3013246</pres:id><pres:service>objekt</pres:service><pres:organization xml:lang="en">Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet</pres:organization><pres:organizationShort>SMVK-MM</pres:organizationShort><pres:type xml:lang="en">Föremål</pres:type><pres:entityUri>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3013246</pres:entityUri><pres:idLabel>MME 1969:006, H 4, 6</pres:idLabel><pres:description xml:lang="en">Face from a mummy coffin. Wood with painted stucco. The beard has been broken off.</pres:description><pres:content xml:lang="en">MME 1969:006, H. 23 cm, W. 18 cm, D. 8 cm, Egypten, 2014-, Egypt, New Egypt, 8, The way to eternal life, Ansikte från en mumiekista. Trä med målad stuck. Skägget har blivit avbrutet., Egypten 8.2, The mummy was fitted with a mask that covered the face and sometimes the whole head. The mask protected the head and gave the mummy a beautiful face with golden skin, just like the gods.
The masks’ appearance varied during different time periods. During the Greco-Roman period the influence of Greek art can clearly be seen in the more individually crafted plaster masks that often were
part of the coffin.
Another type of mask was the painted wood panels that were laid on the mummy’s face.
The first masks of this type were found in the Faiyum. Therefore they are called Faiyum portraits, even though they are found all over Egypt.</pres:content><pres:context><pres:event xml:lang="en">Funnen</pres:event><pres:placeLabel xml:lang="en">Afrika, Egypten</pres:placeLabel></pres:context><pres:image><pres:mediaType>image/jpeg</pres:mediaType><pres:src type="thumbnail">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3758176/representation</pres:src><pres:src type="lowres">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3758175/representation</pres:src><pres:mediaLicense>http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by</pres:mediaLicense><pres:byline xml:lang="en">Medelhavsmuseet 2008</pres:byline><pres:copyright xml:lang="en">Statens museer för världskultur</pres:copyright></pres:image><pres:references><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibition/3998554</pres:reference><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/4000961</pres:reference><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/showcase/4034577</pres:reference></pres:references><pres:representations><pres:representation format="HTML">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3013246</pres:representation><pres:representation format="XML">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3013246</pres:representation><pres:representation format="RDF">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3013246</pres:representation></pres:representations></pres:item>