Female Head

Description Provenance Credit

Description This female head as a hole in the top. The back of the head is split off and above there is an iron nail inserted in the neck. The piece exhibits some discoloration from iron.

Provenance William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

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Creator

Greek (Sculptor)

Period

330-146 BC (Hellenistic)

Medium

coarse, white, crystalline, translucent marble
(Sculpture)

Accession Number

23.160

Measurements

H: 3 in. (7.6 cm)

Geographies

Greece (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View