Upper part of Egyptian Anthropoid coffin

Description

Plastered and painted wood Middle Kindom Dynasty 12, 1991-1782 bc The coffin is evidence of tradition and continuity in egyptan culture. It could be 4000 or 2600 years old. Anthropoid coffins have plain white bodies, big eyes, large collars, and black or green faces, and were intended to make the person look like Osiris, god of the dead.