Object Title
Mummy Mask
Measurements
Overall: 20 x 12 x 11 in. (50.8 x 30.48 x 27.94 cm)
Creation Date
1st century
Credit Line
Partial gift of Yves and Cynthia Courbet, and purchased with funds provided by Ancient Art Deaccession Fund and the Ancient Art Acquisition Fund
Museum Name
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
1970
Provenance Information
Purchased June 29, 1978, from Orient-Occident in Paris by Yves A. Courbet
Exhibition Information
The Egyptian art installation, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999-2017. Prior to the exhibition at LACMA any other exhibition information is unknown.
Publication Information
Unknown
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
According to LACMA and AAMD guidelines, if the provenance of a proposed acquisition does
not clearly indicate that the antiquity in question was outside its country of origin prior to 1970,
the museum may determine to proceed with the acquisition based on an analysis of the
benefits and risks, and in accordance with AAMD’s guidelines for the publication of the object
and the provenance information known about it, with an explanation of the basis for the
museum’s decision. Generally, LACMA believes that, absent evidence of looting or illegal export
of any antiquities, but given incomplete provenance establishing that the objects were outside
their source countries prior to 1970 and prior to any applicable foreign patrimony laws, it is in
LACMA’s and the public interest to accept such objects for the purpose of bringing them into
the public domain, caring for them and publishing them, both for scholarly purposes and for the
purpose of providing notice to any party, including source countries, that may have a claim or
information relating to the provenance of the objects.
not clearly indicate that the antiquity in question was outside its country of origin prior to 1970,
the museum may determine to proceed with the acquisition based on an analysis of the
benefits and risks, and in accordance with AAMD’s guidelines for the publication of the object
and the provenance information known about it, with an explanation of the basis for the
museum’s decision. Generally, LACMA believes that, absent evidence of looting or illegal export
of any antiquities, but given incomplete provenance establishing that the objects were outside
their source countries prior to 1970 and prior to any applicable foreign patrimony laws, it is in
LACMA’s and the public interest to accept such objects for the purpose of bringing them into
the public domain, caring for them and publishing them, both for scholarly purposes and for the
purpose of providing notice to any party, including source countries, that may have a claim or
information relating to the provenance of the objects.