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Male Head and Bust
2119-1793 BCE (Middle Kingdom)
speckled black and light gray stone
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This male head is carved in the round, and has hair at the back of his ears to his shoulders. His left hand is in front of his breast.
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, 1923 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1923
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.
22.378