Head of a Man

Description Provenance Credit

Description This head of a man is carved in the round. The piece is well polished. He has a flat top to his shaved head. The piece is broken off at the neck; the nose and ears are slightly damaged.

Provenance Abemayor, Cairo [date and mode of acquisiton unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 [mode of acquisiton unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

2119-1793 BC (Middle Kingdom)

Medium

black granite
(Sculpture)

Accession Number

22.306

Measurements

H: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View