Head of a Man

Description Provenance Credit

Description This head of a man is carved in the round. His hair is parted in the middle, and the back of his head is split off.

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1927

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

306-30 BC (Greco-Roman)

Medium

black granite
(Sculpture)

Accession Number

22.259

Measurements

H: 4 5/16 in. (10.9 cm)

Geography

Sudan, Kerma (Place of Discovery)

Location Within Museum

Not On View