Terracotta Face Mask

Terracotta Face Mask

Description:

Terracotta mask, upper part only preserved; hand-made; impressed circles on forehead; incised shallow hatched lines on eyebrows; protruding pellet of clay above and between eyebrows; suspension-hole at top and behind ear; red paint on ear and face; traces of brown paint on upper part; repaired and restored; lower left side of face lost.


Dimensions: Height: 11.10 centimetres max (including restoration) ; Width: 13.30 centimetres max (including restoration)


Object Type: mask


Techniques: impressed; painted; handmade; incised

Period:

Late Bronze Age III

Date:

1200 - 1050 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.1443