Male Head
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This male head is carved in the round and is broken off at the neck. The man's hair is in rows of rectangles, as are Old Kingdom heads.
Provenance
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, 1927 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
---|---|---|
5/28/1962 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1927
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.
22.365