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 ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).