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This marvelous mask of excellent workmanship protected the head of the mummy of Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun. Further protection was assured by a magic formula engraved on the shoulders and the back of the mask.
The original mask contained many semi-precious stones as here described. The usual Nemes headdress knotted back at the nape of the neck, is a striped blue-green imitating lapis lazuli. The Uraeus and vulture head in gold inlaid with semi-precious stones and colored glass, ornaments the brow. The mask's eyes are made of obsidian and quartz with a touch of red at the corners: the cosmetic lines and the lids are of inlaid blue glass. The divine beard, plaited and turned up at the end, is of cloisonne work (colored glass held in a framework of gold.) The wide necklace collar is formed of rows of lapis lazuli, quartz, amazonite and colored glass beads attached at each shoulder to a gold falcon's head ornamented with obsidian.
Ancient Treasures has reproduced the original stones with finely hand-painted details. It reveals the idealized portrait of the young King Tut in similar way as the original archaeological masterpiece.
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