Roundel
ca.1930 (made)
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Roundel, plaster, in the form of an Egyptian-style mask.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Plaster |
| Brief description | Roundel, plaster, in the form of an Egyptian-style mask, England, about 1930 |
| Physical description | Roundel, plaster, in the form of an Egyptian-style mask. |
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| Credit line | Gift of Clark and Fenn Ltd |
| Object history | The Egyptian style (case 40) became fashionable again after Howard Carter's sensational discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922. This mask would have been a casting model for interior decoration, perhaps for a cinema. |
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| Accession number | W.869-1989 |
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| Record created | June 29, 2005 |
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