#iineferty

The Mistress of the House, Iineferty, was buried in an anthropoid wooden coffin (86.1.5a, b). A wooden cover, sometimes called a "mummy board," was placed over the body. This mummy board is carved and painted to represent the deceased as if she were alive and dressed in a long white pleated gown. Other objects in the collection that were discovered in the same tomb can be viewed here.

The Mistress of the House, Iineferty, was buried in an anthropoid wooden coffin (86.1.5a, b). A wooden cover, sometimes called a "mummy board," was placed over the body. This mummy board is carved and painted to represent the deceased as if she were alive and dressed in a long white pleated gown. Other objects in the collection that were discovered in the same tomb can be viewed here.

This elegant mask of cartonnage was placed over the head of Iineferty's mummy. She is shown wearing a long braided wig with decorative bands just below chin level and a floral fillet surmounted by a lotus blossom, symbolic of rebirth. Her face is framed by separate locks of hair that end in thin pigtails, characteristic of the late 18th and 19th Dynasties. The lower part of the mask takes the shape of a floral collar that would have fit over Iineferty's shoulders.