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Male Head and Bust from a Group
2119-1793 BCE (Middle Kingdom)
black basalt
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This male head is carved in the round. The piece is from a group. There is an inscribed stele at the back; the inscription is partially erased and illegible.
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 Egyptian]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 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.
22.303