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Male Head
664-525 BCE (Late Period; Saite)
black granite
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This male head is carved in the round. It is broken off at the neck, and the nose is damaged. The man's hair and neck are left rough. The face is slightly polished.
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] [as Upper Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
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.
22.357