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Head of a Woman
This head from a statuette of a woman has short hair cut off straight across the forehead. Here eyebrows and the whites of her eyes are hollowed out. The piece is broken irregularly at the neck, and is much split. The authenticity of this piece has been questioned.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Abemayor, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as 18th Dynasty, Assiout, no. 7]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 9/24/1975 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
Egypt, Asyut (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1931
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
22.246