The mask pictured in the 1957 publication is not identical to the  one from 
the St. Louis Art Museum brochure. The mask from the  former-mentioned has an 
up-turned face and gaze, the latter does not. They are  not one and the same.
 
 
In a message dated 2/3/2006 9:06:03 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
[log in to unmask] writes:

The  main subject:
Dear  colleges,
Greetings,
I received four e-mails and two  international calls, concerning A mummy mask 
of Kai Nefer Nefer, published by  Goneim in 1957, has been looted in the late 
80s from the Saqqara Storeroom and  sold in 1998 by Ali Aboutaam to the St. 
Louis Art  Museum), and some other Egyptian  objects.
The first e-mail and the first call came from Mr. Michel  van Rijn
The second and the  third e-mails came from Mr. Ton Cremers (Museum Security  
and Cultural Property Protection)
The forth  e-mail and the second call came from Mr. Dirk  Deklerck (Europol, 
Serious Crime Department, Cultural Property Crime) 
I hope that you will be interested in this  subject.
please find below the mentioned e-mails  and would like to ask you (if you 
are interested) please to  publish this open  letter in your newsletters, 
website and any other  available media and to send it across your milling lists and 
to forward it to  our colleagues in your institution and to anybody who you 
think might be  interested.
Finally,  please accept my apologies in case of cross posting and hope to 
advice me in  case of any wrong information could be slipped through this message 
 
Thank you very much for your and best  regards,
Dr. Hany  Hanna
Elected Chair, ICOM-CC–Wood, Furniture and  Lacquer
General Director, Department of  conservation, Supreme Council of Antiquities 
(SCA),  EGYPT.
Professor, Institute for Coptic Studies in Cairo.
E-Mail:  [log in to unmask]
Fax. Nos.: +2-02-4251411 OR  +2-02-4109687



 

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