Egyptian Funerary Masks at the Australian Museum

Dr. Carlo Rindi Nuzzolo, Yale University/ISPC CNR, visited the AM World Cultures collection as part as his Marie Curie Global Fellowship (cordis.europa...., aiming to study ancient manufacturing of Egyptian cartonnage objects and comparing artefacts data from museums worldwide.
Dr. Rindi Nuzzolo discusses findings from the recent examinations of the AM cartonnage collection with Heather Bleechmore, Manager Collection Care & Conservation, and Melissa Holt, Conservator, at the Australian Museum, which included 3D models and provenance research of the artefacts. More information can be found at the page australian.mus....
From this study, the funerary mask and cartonnage set from the cemetery of Abydos were displayed for the first time at the Australian Museum in Sydney.

[@marcewagner9434]

I enjoyed being 'up close and personal' with these masks, and was especially intrigued by the foot mask.

[@rafaqatdogar3618]

Beautiful masks. The quality is very fine in the one not gilded. Thanks, I have never seen these examples before.

[@frankieso8752]

Nice ancient pieces but Carlo Rindi has Michelangelo's David's hands and forearms! 🤩

[@dphgreek]

Thank you for helping me with my college essay!

[@Loyaltotheprison]

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[@happydays1035]

Stunning cartonnage. Do you have the mummies as well? I really love their colors, so well preserved. And that blue!!

[@listenup2882]

Basically Greek imitations of Egyptian funerary masks.

[@rafaqatdogar3618]

Sorry but this is incorrect. This is not the same as Roman sculptors who copied Greek statues. In this historical phase of my Country, the artisans were Egyptian, they were in Egypt and they produced these goods for rich Egyptians. The period is Graeco-Roman because after Alexander the Great Egypt was a Roman province but this does not mean they were not Egyptians or that when mixed with foreigns they were not Egyptian anymore. It was like a small globalized world and ancient Egyptian traditions and beliefs were so strong and alive, their meaning and symbols were still almost authentic even in the last centuries of this important civilization. There are many studies about this.

[@Kemet3.0]

@@rafaqatdogar3618 Yes, that's means foreigners. The ancient Kemetic Royal house people starting emigrated out to South,East and West Africa as Kemet failed.
They would call themselves Egyptians.
The original Kemetic people are about 1 to 5 million in Egypt, again quit trying mix your history with ancient Kemetic people.
It's like mixing European Americans with the Native Americans (Indians). the native people would say we're different.