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Male Head with Crown of Upper Egypt
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This head is broken at the neck, which is sculpted to incline forward. The figure has blue eyes with white and black. There is gilt on the right side of the face and white sizing for the gilt on the entire surface. There is a vertical hole in the chin, possibly for a beard. There is a hole above the center of the forehead for a snake.
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, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 1/16 x W: 5/8 x D: 13/16 in. (5.2 x 1.59 x 2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930
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.
22.232