Egypt

Ancient Egyptian Anthropoid Cartonnage Sarcophagus Mask with Golden Skin and Polychrome Registers

2749

Crafted during the Third Intermediate Period (specifically circa 1069–664 BCE, spanning the 21st to 25th Dynasties).

Created as a high-status funerary encasing and spiritual mask for elite mummies, serving an apotropaic function to transform the deceased into an immortal divine being, protect the head and upper body, and provide an idealized, eternal countenance for the afterlife.