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Male Head and Bust
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This male figure wears a wig to his shoulders and behind his ears. The piece is broken off at the waist.
Provenance
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as 6th dynasty]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 6 3/8 × W: 5 11/16 × D: 3 3/4 in. (16.2 × 14.4 × 9.5 cm); H with block: 10 7/16 in. (26.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1928
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.
22.399