Head of a Ichneumon

Description Conservation Provenance Credit

Description This carved head has red stain in the cracks and is cut off smooth across the neck.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
7/25/1972	Treatment	cleaned; re-housed
10/18/1973	Treatment	cleaned
4/01/1989	Examination	survey
8/17/1998	Examination	survey

Provenance Rev. William MacGregor [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; MacGregor Sale, 1922, p. 46, no. 324; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1923

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

late 4th-late 1st century BCE (Ptolemaic)

Medium

carved limestone with red stain
(Sculpture)

Accession Number

22.46

Measurements

H: 2 1/16 x D: 1 7/8 in. (5.2 x 4.8 cm)

Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Egyptian Art