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Head of a King
1550-1292 BCE or modern (New Kingdom or modern)
black granite
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This sculpture of the head of a king has a uraeus on the forehead. His hair is divided into rectangles. There is a head of a hawk at the back of his neck. The uraeus is broken and the piece is broken off at the neck. The face has been inserted, and the piece is a forgery.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
H: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1912
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
22.401