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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.641
Title
Human Head
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
head, sculpture
Date
26th-33rd dynasty? ca. 600 BCE-300 CE
Period
Late Period
Culture
Egyptian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/288553

Physical Descriptions

Medium
White stone
Dimensions
25.5 x 20.5 cm (10 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Gerhardt Liebmann
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
1991.641
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Face broken off of face from statue or relief, slightly over life-size. Fine grained brown limestone with darker brown surface on face. This surface is heavily pitted. Tip of nose battered, chip out of lower lip, chips out of horizontally grooved wig and badly shattered fragments on rear at top of break barely clinging to the piece. Broad rounded oval face with prominent chin and fleshy protruding lips, wide oval eyes with prominent lids under pronounced brows. Top of head encased in a caplike wig marked with many parallel ridges.

The identity and gender of this piece is unclear.

Verification Level

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