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Pendant with Human Face
(South Arabia)
The oval plaque features a male head wearing an elaborate headdress that resembles the Macedonian "kausia" (a kind of flat hat). Similar pendants were made in the Roman Empire, but it is impossible to determine whether this pendant reached South Arabia as an import or was made locally after a foreign model.
Provenance
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Ahmed [local art dealer], Ta'izz, Yemen; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, 1961/2(?), by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 2008 | Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Arabian Peninsula (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 11/16 x W: 1 9/16 x D: 1 in. (6.8 x 4 x 2.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster, 2007
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.
52.312