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The arts and crafts of ancient Egypt (1909)

Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir, 1853-1942 · London, Edinburgh, T. N. Foulis · leaf 246

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ced. Plaster was also used for casting in moulds, andfor making moulds. The death mask of Akhen-aten shows how such castings were produced in theXVII Ith dynasty, from a single mould without anyundercutting, to serve the purpose of the sculptoras a model. Of later examples of such castings wehave…

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